On today’s show, we discuss the We Can’t Wait campaign for educators.  We speak with Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, an Oakland educator, racial justice advocate, and President of the Oakland Education Association (OEA). She teaches at Oakland Unified School District and is a leading voice for educational equity, including helping advance Oakland’s Reparations for Black Students policy. Learn more about the campaign https://wecantwait.info/

Next, we go to San Francisco, where teachers are striking for improved working conditions. We speak with Ryan Alias, a San Francisco public school English teacher at Balboa High School and a member of the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) bargaining committee, where he has been an active voice in the union’s 2026 contract negotiations and strike actions for fair contracts and better conditions for both educators and students.

Finally, we turn our attention to the Kaiser Nurses’ strike.  We’ll speak with Iris Henderson, a Registered Nurse and lactation specialist at the Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center. She is a member of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP). She has been on the front lines of recent strike actions, advocating for safer staffing and stronger protections for patients and healthcare workers.

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