NEA's obsession with Wal-Mart reached bottom last week when the union participated in a national "back to school boycott" against Wal-Mart.

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Monday is the day immigrant advocates have set aside for a work and school boycott to push their campaign for legalization of undocumented workers.

NPR: Rumors of Immigrant Round-Up Abound

Mr Unz had the idea for his campaign in 1996, when immigrant garment-workers in Los Angeles organised a school boycott to protest against bilingual education.

ECONOMIST: Ron Unz, swimming instructor

In 1993 a boycott of the school tests ended in victory for the teacher unions and ignominious defeat for the then Conservative Education Secretary, John Patten.

BBC: School tests boycott: Deja vu?

Matt Carter, a teacher at Orca K-8 School in Seattle, has joined in the boycott because he thinks the MAP exam wastes his student's time and does not help guide his teaching.

WSJ: Seattle Teachers Protest Exams