F R O M A C O L O R F U L B A N N E R created in 1835 for
the Journeyman House Carpenters' Association of Phil-
adelphia, to the roller-skating "Don't Be a Scab" girls in
New York's Union Square, to a multitude of creative (and
rainproof ) signs that lined the sidewalk in front of every
school in Los Angeles in January, art has always been an
integral part of the labor movement.
Visual work has long
punctuated labor struggles,
including current CTA actions
By Julian Peeples
The Art of
the Protest
This banner, designed by artists Paul Kjelland
and Jeanette Arellano, adorns Oakland Education
Association Headquarters. Inset at left: Artwork
by Nisha Seti.
Roxana Dueñas, a Roosevelt High
School educator and UTLA member,
became the face of the strike thanks
to this artwork by Boyle Heights
artist Ernesto Yerena.
Educators, artists and community members created
24-foot-wide parachute banners at the UTLA Art Build.
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