Sentences with phrase «teachers union members protest»

Chicago Teachers Union members protest district cuts as they march downtown toward City Hall on Feb. 4, 2016.

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Last year's event was attended by a rally by members of the New York State United Teachers Union across the street in protest of his educational policies.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) and National Union of Teachers (NUT) at schools, colleges and universities across London will tomorrow (Wednesday) take strike action in protest against changes to their pensions.

At a packed meeting, and with members of the local teachers» union protesting outside, the board voted 5 - 2 on June 8 to reduce the number of «local districts» from 11 to eight.

In protest, teachers called in sick in droves, union members crowded the state capitol, and Democratic senators refused to attend legislative sessions.

The teacher's union, UTLA, is asking members to protest at the meeting, and two anti-charter resolutions are under consideration, although in deference to the board's need to spend more time on other issues while the superintendent search continues, they were postponed until the board's January meeting.

A small group of Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters rallied Thursday outside City Hall to protest expected layoffs and repeat a long - standing call for using surplus tax - increment financing funds to help Chicago Public Schools.

Over the protests of its traditional Democratic allies and some of its own members, the New Jersey Education Association has endorsed Sweeney's Republican rival, who voted for President Donald Trump and has supported the deeply unpopular Christie, who once said a national teachers union deserved a «punch in the face.»

At the end of last week, police pepper sprayed members of the Puerto Rican teachers union (FMPR) as they protested against the Fiscal Oversight Board's plan to close nearly another 300 schools, lay off thousands of teachers, cut their pensions, and impose charter schools.

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union, shown during an April 1, 2016, march, will protest at five downtown locations June 22.

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters, including parent Cindy Ok, above, protest outside CPS headquarters in the Loop on June 22, 2016, prior to a scheduled Chicago Board of Education meeting.

The Wisconsin State Capitol bulged with thousands of union members, including teachers, Thursday protesting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill that would limit union bargaining rights.

«We wouldn't be here if Springfield were prioritizing education funding,» CPS interim CEO Jesse Ruiz said Thursday, as Chicago Teachers Union members at City Hall protested $ 200 million in budget cuts.