Contacts:

–Mike Myslinski with CTA on cell at 408-921-5769, mmyslinski@cta.org

–Jamie Horwitz at 202-549-4921, jhdcpr@starpower.net

On Twitter: @oaklandea, #Unite4OaklandKids, #WeAreOEA, #RedForEd, #WeAreCTA

OEA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OaklandEA/

 

FOR MEDIA PLANNING PURPOSES

Picketing, Rallies, Marching Set for Thursday, Feb. 21, Start of Oakland Education Association Strike 

Here is Schedule of Events and Logistics for Media Planning

 

OAKLAND –The 3,000 members of the Oakland Education Association (OEA), joined by parents and other supporters, will begin picketing schools and other sites in Oakland Thursday morning, Feb 21. Below, for planning purposes, is a preliminary schedule of picketing locations, rallies and marches scheduled for the first day of the work stoppage in the Oakland Unified School District:

 

6:30-10:30 a.m. — Picketing at all school sites.

 

7:30 a.m. – Media Availability:  OEA union President Keith Brown, California Teachers Association President Eric Heins, teachers and parents will speak on the picket line at Manzanita Community School, 2409 East 27th St., Oakland, 94601. Teachers will be joined by members of the California Teachers Association Board of Directors.

 

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Rally and March:Oakland City Hall in Frank Ogawa Plaza, and then a march to the headquarters of the Oakland Unified School District at 1000 Broadway. Speakers will include Becky Pringle, vice president of the 3 million-member National Education Association.

 

2:30-4 p.m. – Picketing at all OUSD schools.

 

5:30 p.m. – OEA press briefing: OEA offices,272 East 12th St., Oakland, 94607. The briefing will be broadcast live on the OEA Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/OaklandEA/

 

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The Oakland Education Association represents 3,000 OUSD educators, including teachers, librarians, counselors, nurses, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, therapists, substitutes, and early childhood and adult teachers. OEA is affiliated with the 325,000-member California Teachers Association and the 3 million-member National Education Association.