This week in the War on Workers: 19 protesters arrested as Philadelphia closes 23 schools

Nineteen protesters, including Philadelphia students and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, were arrested in Philadelphia Thursday as they protested the city's school closings plan. The arrests came as the group tried to block members of the city's School Reform Commission from entering a meeting at which the commission approved a plan to close 23 public schools.

This is school "choice" in Philadelphia. Students have the choice of a substandard online school. They have the choice to leave their neighborhoods to go one of the city's notoriously corrupt charter schools. But now, for many, there's no choice to go to a public school in their neighborhoods.

Go below the fold for more on education, this week's McDonald's walkout, and how companies aren't hiring even for the job openings they have.