March 4th Statewide Action

FOR UTLA MEMBERS:
- Letter from UTLA President A.J. Duffy about the March 4 Actions
- Motivational flyer for members and locations for afterschool rallies

FOR PARENTS:
Informational flyer and locations to hand out to parents before school on March 4th
(in English) (in Spanish)

Follow our March 4th actions throughout the day on

On March 4, UTLA will join education unions and the higher education community throughout Southern California for a statewide day of action to protest cuts to education and vital community services and to demand the state legislature implement progressive tax measures.

UTLA has helped launch a Southern California Public Education Coalition, representing K-12 locals, community college faculty and students and UC faculty and staff to build support across all sectors of the public education community for the March 4 actions as well as building support more broadly for public education.

(Listen to UTLA AFT/VP Josh Pechthalt discuss the March 4th Action on " Beneath the Surface" KPFK 90.7 FM)

MARCH 4TH ACTIONS FOR UTLA MEMBERS

BEFORE SCHOOL
On March 4, UTLA members hand out informational flyers to parents
(in English) (in Spanish)
AFTER SCHOOL
UTLA members are encouraged to attend one of four afterschool rallies at the following locations:

Downtown Los Angeles location
4:00 pm (Gather at 5th and Hill by Pershing Square)
4:30 pm-6:00 pm (March and rally at Reagan State Building-300 South Spring Street)

UCLA location
4:30 pm-5:30 pm ( Rally at Bruin Plaza)

San Fernando Valley location (Cal State Northridge)
3:45 pm ( Gather in the quad)
4:15 pm (March around CSUN)
5pm-5:30 pm (Unity action and rally at CSUN quad)

Long Beach rally location
4:15 pm (Gather and rally at Wilson High School gymnasium- 4400 East 10th Street, Long Beach)

OTHER ACTIONS

Get involved in the March 5th "March to Sacramento"
Contact your union representative and attend local area meetings about how you can help March 4
Talk to your neighbors and family
Contact your local school board, Board of Trustees, UC Regents
Call and email your state legislators; tell them to close tax loopholes not schools, colleges, universities, fire stations, and health clinics!

DID YOU KNOW?

The top 1% of wealth holders owns 34% of the wealth.
In 1993 the highest personal tax bracket in California was 11% of income.
Today it is 9.3%.
Tax rates for corporations are also lower than they used to be. In 1980 California corporations
contributed nearly 15% of the state budget; today they pay only 11%! By closing all corporate tax loopholes we could raise an estimated $16 billion per year or more!

The Southern California Public Education Coalition consists of: