On the Picket Line With the LA Substitute Teachers Who Refused to Scab
Irene Pineda, a substitute teacher supporting the strike.Photo: Scott Heins for Splinter At the beginning of this month, Los Angeles substitute teacher Irene Pineda didn’t know much about the politics surrounding a possible strike by LA teachers, but she was preparing to cross the picket line if she had to. The 26-year-old was set to start a plum assignment for a substitute—three to four months covering for a teacher who was on maternity leave—and the work was sorely needed. She hadn’t been called in to substitute for all of December, leaving her in a serious financial jam. In exchange for...
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