01 Nov 2019

‘It’s A Definitive Shift’: Chicago Teachers Union Strike A Major Victory For Public Education

“It’s a definitive shift in the entire landscape, not just in Chicago, but throughout the U.S., away from privatization, school closures, charter schools, and the kind of Koch Brother funding of private schools instead of public schools, a threat we’ve been fending off for the last 30 years,” said Jackson Potter, a union bargaining member and high school teacher in Chicago.

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10 May 2018

‘Our Students Deserve Better’: Teacher Strike Hits Colorado

On May 7, teachers in Colorado’s Pueblo District 60 went on strike after the state’s Department of Labor and Employment declined to intervene in a dispute over salaries and school funding. It’s the first teacher strike in Colorado since 1994. The strike came just days after teachers from over two

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27 Mar 2018

Oklahoma Teachers Plan Strike For April If Lawmakers Do Not Increase Pay

Oklahoma schools will shut down indefinitely on April 2 if state legislators do not pass legislation that increases funding for education.

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