Union County Public Schools has designated Wednesday, the day of
a statewide teacher rally planned in Raleigh, as an optional teacher workday for students.
Not exact matches
The
rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United
Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the
statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.
Following a 13 - day
statewide strike among West Virginia
teachers last month which culminated in an across - the - board 5 percent raise,
teachers in Arizona have conducted a series demonstrations demanding higher pay, while Kentucky
teachers have
rallied to protest proposed cuts to their pensions.
Joining ISTA's
rally were members of Indiana's other large
statewide teachers union, the Indiana Federation of Teachers, and other advocates for public ed
teachers union, the Indiana Federation of
Teachers, and other advocates for public ed
Teachers, and other advocates for public education.