West Coast educators call for united struggle with Chicago educators to save lives The Los Angeles, San Diego and Northern California Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees across the West Coast fully support the demand of Chicago educators to keep schools closed during the pandemic. Across the country, as thousands of people die every day, there is a bipartisan push to reopen schools against all medical science. The statement of the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee “Keeping Chicago schools closed during the pandemic is not negotiable!” points the way forward to workers...