TORI: AS THE TEACHERS STRIKE ROSE, SO DOES THE OUTRAGE.

WE WILL TALK WITH ONE MOTHER.

I WILL TALK WITH THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.

TALKS ABOUT THE BARBIE MOVIE, OSCAR NOMINATIONS AND ACADEMY SNOBS.

-- SNUBS.

KIDS IN NEWTON WERE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR AN EIGHTH DAY AS PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

>> I LOVE SCHOOL, I LOVE LEARNING.

I MISS MY FRIENDS AND MY TEACHERS BUT THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT.

>> TEACHERS ARE THE PILLARS OF DISTRICTS AND SOCIETIES AND CITIES, SO NOT GIVING THEM A FAIR WAGE CONTRACTS, THEY DESERVE BETTER AND MORE RESPECT.

THE TEACHERS ARE VICTIMS OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> IT’S REALLY HARD TO JUST KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE HARD TO SEE THAT.

>> I SAT DOWN WITH APPARENT WAS PART OF A LAWSUIT.

ASHER IS HOPING THE DISTRICT COURT WILL FORCE TEACHERS BACK INTO CLASSROOMS.

>> WE KNOW THAT BARGAINING IS GOING ON AND THERE IS A COURT FILING GOING ON, THERE ARE SO MANY FAMILIES THAT NOBODY SEES WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THEM.

I FILED A MOTION AND I HOPE IT WILL BE ACCEPTED IN COURT.

BARGAINING CAN HAPPEN, BUT KIDS NEED TO GET PROPER EDUCATION.

IT’S BEING INFRINGED.

>> YOU SUPPORRT THE RIGHT TO BARGAIN, BUT THE UNION HAS SAID BARGAINING HAS FALLEN APART.

YOU SAID BARGAINING CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT A STRIKE BUT THEY ARE SAYING IT CAN’T.

I AM A MOTHER.

HOW THE JUDGE IN THE WORLD SEE WITH HAPPENING.

MORE THAN 11,000 KIDS FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW ARE STAYING AT HOME.

IT’S ABOUT KIDS NOT HAVING PROPER LUNCH.

THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE BARGAINING, THE STATE NEEDS TO INTERVENE.

>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON YOUR OWN FAMILY?

>> MY SOPHOMORE IS IN HIGH SCHOOL, EIGHTH GRADER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

TO BE HONEST, I FEEL LUCKY COMPARED TO OTHER PARENTS BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE OVER -- OLDER.

AT LEAST I COULD KEEP ON WORKING.

FROM AN EMOTIONAL STANDPOINT MY DAUGHTER HAS SOME LEARNING DISABILITIES, SHE IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT NOT GETTING CONTINUED SUPPORT, THE MORE THERE IS A DISCONTINUATION OF STUDIES, THE MORE THEY ARE IMPACTED.

THE OTHER KID WILL NOT BE GOING BACK.

FOR SOME KIDS, ATHLETIC IS WHAT THEY DO.

IT’S THE SPIRIT.

>> YOU MUST HAVE RELATIONSHIPS.

>> WE LOVE THEM, WE SUPPORT THEM.

I WANT THEM TO GET A FAIR CONTRACT.

>> IT IS THE LONGEST STRIKE OF ITS KIND IN RECENT MEMORY AND THE SEVENTH SINCE 2019.

THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT JOINS ME NOW TO DISCUSS.

AT THE TIME OF THIS RECORDING, I ASSUME WE KNOW WHAT IT’S ABOUT BUT THIS IS REALLY A RECORD-SETTING STRIKE.

WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS OF LAW SCHOOL -- FIVE SCHOOL DAYS WAS A RECORD.

TOMORROW WILL BE NINE AND THERE IS INCREASED PRESSURE TO END THIS.

MAX: THERE IS NO MEMBER I HAVE EVER MET THAT WANTS TO GO ON STRIKE AND A NUMBER OF LOCALS HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE THAT STEP BECAUSE IT’S ONLY A FEW THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE THE STEP AND THEY HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL.

CONTRACT NEGOTIATION SHOULD NOT TAKE THAT LONG, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE UNION IS PROPOSING SUCH COMMON SENSE.

THAT’S ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS YOU SEE THAT AS WELL, STALLED TORI: CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

I’M WONDERING ON THE ACTIVE AND IF THAT’S BEEN DRIVING THIS PUSH FOR STRIKES AND UNIONIZATION.

MAX: EVERY LOCAL MAKES ITS OWN DECISIONS.

IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE EDUCATORS WORK HEROICALLY THEY DEALT WITH ALL THE IMPACT ON THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

THE STUDENTS, WHAT THEY HAVE SUFFERED.

IT’S MADE THEM LESS PATIENT FOR ACCEPTING INEQUITIES AND THAT INCLUDES FIGHTING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

THEIR PAY IN GENERAL FOR THEIR MEMBERS AND THEIR IN EVERY SCHOOL, PARENTAL LEAVE.

WE TRIED -- TORI: $50,000 PER DAY.

IT SEEMS UNLIKELY, BUT >> MOVING FORWARD IN THAT REGARD?

MAX: PART OF THE FRUSTRATION IS THE LAW IS SET UP TO PUNISH THE TEACHERS OR EDUCATORS, IT INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATORS BUT THERE’S ACTUALLY NO PUNISHMENT FOR BAD FAITH GOVERNING OF ANY TIME.

WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS IT SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE SIX MONTHS OF BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH, ONLY AFTER SIX MONTHS WITH THE RIGHT TO STRIKE COME INTO FORCE.

THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING AND I THINK SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND MAYORS WOULD FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO START DOING REAL WORK IN DEALING WITH THE PROPOSALS THAT THE UNION HAS COME UP WITH.

WE THINK IT’S A COMMON SENSE PROPOSAL, WE THINK THERE WOULD BE FEWER STRIKES BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO INCENTIVE TO DELAY AND STONEWALL PLAYERS.

TORI: ON TOP OF THE LOST WAGES AND LEGAL FEES, WE SPOKE TO APPARENT EARLIER -- A PARENT WHO IS WORKING ON A LAWSUIT TO HOPE THAT A COURT WILL INTERVENE.

SHE SAID HER CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN AFFECTED, THEY ARE ATHLETES FEEL LIKE THEIR ROUTINES HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED, HER DAUGHTER WHO HAS A LEARNING DISABILITY WROTE A LETTER TO THE JUDGE AND SAID MY LEARNING DISABILITY AFFECTS MY DAILY STUDIES REQUIRING MORE TIME, I WORK HARD TO EXCEL AND I’M DISAPPOINTED THE STRIKE IS HURTING MY PROGRESS.

SHE’S 14, SHE FEELS LIKE THIS HAS IMPACTED HER.

SHE HAS A SPEECH SHE IS TRYING TO PREPARE FOR AND THIS HAS THROWN HER OFF.

HER MOM IS PART OF THE LAWSUIT TO TRYING GET TEACHERS BACK INTO SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE IS ARGUING THEY COULD HAPPEN WHILE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL.

MAX: ALL OF THE MEMBERS ARE DEEPLY SYMPATHETIC, I TALKED TO A CLOSE FRIEND WHO TEACHES SOPHOMORES WHEN TEACHES THAT VERY ASSIGNMENT.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THEY DID NEGOTIATE.

THEY CAME TO A POINT WHERE THEY SAID WE ARE NOT ADVANCING WHILE WE TAKE THE STEP.

IT MEANS PAYING AND PROVIDING PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.

THERE IS NO EDUCATOR WHO WANTS TO BE ON STRIKE.

THEY MADE THE DECISION BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY HAD TO.

TORI: I HAD ASKED WHAT ELSE THEY PROPOSE.

THE STRIKE IS A LAST RESORT.

MAX: ABSOLUTELY.

TORI: WE WERE OUT TODAY, IT WAS SNOWING.

THERE WERE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO SCHOOL AND THEY WERE VERY SAD ABOUT IT, DO YOU FEEL THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS HAVE GIVEN SUPPORT?

THINKING ABOUT CHILDCARE, TEST PREP, EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT’S VERY DISRUPTIVE.

IT HAS BEEN HARD ON THE COMMUNITY.

MAX: THAT MAKES THE SUPPORT INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE.

NOT ONLY RIGHT NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE.

I’VE BEEN TO THE RALLIES, I’VE HEARD FROM OUR MEMBERS.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO WENT TO AMHERST PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE CONNECTION YOU HAVE WITH TEACHERS IS PROFOUND.

THEY HELP RAISE YOUR CHILDREN.

THE BOND IS POWERFUL WHEN STUDENTS UNDERSTAND IT’S A SHORT-TERM DISRUPTION.

THE HOPE IS IT WOULD BE ONE DAY BUT IT’S BEEN SLOW, I’M GLAD TO HEAR THERE MAY BE SOME MOVEMENT ON SOME ISSUES BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WANT TO BE BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

TORI: HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO A RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE SNUB HEARD ROUND THE WORLD.

THE TWO WOMEN RESPONSIBLE WERE NOT NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS AND BEST DIRECTOR RESPECTIVELY.

THERE IS SOME STRONG FEELINGS.

>> WE COULD ARGUE EVERY YEAR THAT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THAT.

TORI: YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

NO RECOGNITION WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE WITHOUT THEIR TALENT.

, MILLIONS OF FANS LOVE YOU YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN ENOUGH.

KEN WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING.

SHE DANCED.

BARBIE WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE.

IT’S THE IP BASED ON THE IDEA THAT BARBIE EXISTED.

>> MAKES NO SENSE.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT MARGOT ROBBIE GOING UP AGAINST KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.

OUR NOMINATION IS TO START.

>> THIS IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I AM THE LOCAL CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF OSCARS SO WHITE.

FINALLY, SOMETHING CAME TOGETHER.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT LIPS BEING A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE THE PATRIARCHY.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

THE GUY GETS THE NOMINATION.

THE CREATIVE FORCE BEHIND CREATING THE THING FOR THE GUYS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE NOMINATION.

IT’S ABOUT CONTENT AND COMMERCE.

BOTH HAVE TO OPERATE FOR BEST PICTURE.

BEST PICTURE DOESN’T FLOAT MY BOAT BECAUSE IN 2018, GREENBERG.

DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT OUR.

GREENBERG.

TORI: THEY ARE BOTH PRODUCERS, SO THEY WERE NOMINATED.

>> THEY ARE GETTING MONEY.

MY POINT IS, THE REASON THEY EXPANDED THE FIVE PICTURE 210 IS TO RECOGNIZE COMMERCE WAS A BIG PART OF THIS.

THIS WOMAN DIRECTED THE ONLY ONE BILLION-DOLLAR MOVIE, SHE OUTPACED AVATAR SO THE COMMERCE -- IF YOU’RE GOING TO EXPAND THE CATEGORY, THE ONE PERSON THAT BESTED THE REST OF THEM DOES NOT KIND ANY KIND OF PROPS.

TORI: WHY AREN’T YOU DOING AN EDITORIAL AND WHY ISN’T HILLARY CLINTON TWEETING?

BEST PICTURE.

IT’S AMAZING, BUT IF IT GETS BEST PICTURE BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE FILM.

>> CONTENT AND COMMERCE.

CODA WAS ART.

THAT’S ALL YOU GET.

2018, GREEN BOOK.

THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

I’M WITH EVERYONE WHO SAYS HOW DARE ANYONE RAISE THIS ISSUE WHEN THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SNUBS.

IT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

IT’S ALSO TRUE.

FOR THE TWO PEOPLE, IT LITERALLY COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT IN THE MOVIE IS ABOUT PATRIARCHY.

THAT’S SNUB.

TORI: I WANT TO PLAY THIS SPEECH FROM AMERICA FERRERA.

THIS IS THE THING.

>> IT IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A WOMAN.

YOU HAVE TO LEAVE BUT YOU CAN SQUASH IDEAS.

YOU HAVE TO BE A CAREER WOMAN.

BUT, BE LOOKING OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER FOR BAD BEHAVIOR BUT IF YOU POINTED OUT YOUR ACCUSED OF COMPLAINING.

STAY PRETTY BUT NOT TOO PRETTY.

STAND OUT.

ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.

NEVER FORGET THAT THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED AND ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.

TORI: IT’S NOT EXACTLY SUBVERSIVE.

>> YOU NEED ALL KINDS OF FILMS TO MAKE A WORLD.

I’M FINE WITH THAT BUT OTHER PEOPLE DID THEY OFFER SOMETHING AND I THINK WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

IT’S OK TO RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES THERE IS DELIVERED OVERLOOKING.

SOMETIMES, EVEN WHITE WOMAN SLAP IT DOWN.

TORI: THAT’S WHAT IT IS, HILLARY CLINTON IS TWEETING THAT RYAN GOSLING FELT COMPELLED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, WE ONLY GET THIS MAD WHEN IT IS ABOUT WHITE WOMEN.

CRITICAL WORK HAS BEEN IN THE MIX BEFORE.

THE MONEY SHOULD HAVE PROPELLED HER.

THE ONLY THING I AM THRILLED ABOUT IS SHE AND MARGOT ROBBIE LEFT ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.

TORI: THEY WILL BE JUST FINE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT’S IT FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW.

I AM TORI BEDFORD.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.

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