Sentences with phrase «teacher strike last»

(Teacher strikes lasting more than 3 days either statewide or in 2 large school districts.)

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Day Four: Here's everything you need to know about why teachers across the state of West Virginia have been on strike since last Thursday.

So when said husband encouraged me to go on a health and wellness retreat last week, I frantically packed my bags before he could change his mind and ran out the door (OK that's not true, I argued with him about the what, when, where for each kid and the logistics of leaving a 9 month old who's nursing around the clock and a 9 year old who's out of school for weeks because her teachers are on a strike that seems like it will never end.

Angry and extensive coverage has characterised last week's Chicago teachers» strike as a series of splits: children's interests vs. teachers» interests; «reform» vs. «status - quo»; elites vs. the public.

«Strike action is always a last resort for teachers and they are very well aware of the difficulties that this causes for parents and pupils.

Hundreds of green - clad teachers took to the streets of Westminster last night to show their support for nationwide strikes set to begin this Thursday.

Cameroon teachers on strike in battle over English or French Cameroonian forces have cracked down on protests in the English - speaking region that erupted last October, beating and arresting protesters, some of whom face the death penalty in military courts — under the same anti-terrorism law used to prosecute the journalist Ahmed Abba.

In a USA Today op - ed last month, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten defended the teachers» strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado, by sketching a familiar hero - villain... [Continue Teachers president Randi Weingarten defended the teachers» strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado, by sketching a familiar hero - villain... [Continue teachers» strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado, by sketching a familiar hero - villain... [Continue Reading]

Meanwhile, Chicago schools are closed today for the second teacher strike in the last four years.

Despite some high - profile incidents — like the teacher «sick - out» which shut down 53 of Detroit's 235 schools last spring — strikes by teachers have become increasingly rare since 1975, a high - water mark, when there were 241 nationwide.

A recently ratified teachers» contract in Chicago promises to make the next several Septembers as forgettable as the last few: no strikes, no heated picket lines, and no delayed school openings.

A monthlong teacher strike in Michigan City, Ind., ended late last month after union leaders and administrators reached an agreement on a three - year contract that provides teachers with a 6 - percent salary increase next year and 5 - percent raises in each of the following years.

November 12, 2015 — Almost as soon as the month - long East St. Louis, Ill., teachers» strike ended last week, news broke of a possible Chicago teachers» strike looming in the near future.

Estimate the cost of these frantic last - minute arrangements at $ 20 per day per family, and the daily losses from the strike equal about $ 7 million per day or about $ 50 million for the strike period, which comes to about one - sixth of the salary gains that the teachers received.

In a sudden shift in negotiating positions last week, officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers - Los Angeles agreed to table the two most controversial issues in their current contract talks, apparently averting the possibility of a strike that would affect 550,000 students, according to district officials.

Teachers in another major urban district, Chicago, continued on the job without a contract last week, but voted to authorize a strike on Oct. 3 if no settlement has been reached.

As the leaders of the United Teachers of Los Angeles laid the groundwork for a possible strike, a citywide coalition last week released a draft plan for restructuring the troubled school district.

Public - school teachers in Oakland, Calif., working without a contract since July, last week struck the city's 51,000 - student school system in a pay dispute.

The bill was drafted in reaction to a contract dispute in Warwick that twice erupted into teachers» strikes last year.

Hawaii's public school teachers returned to their classrooms last week, having bargained with the state for sizable raises and bonuses in a deal struck hours before a federal judge made good on a promise to intervene.

In a pointed attack on the Michigan Education Association, the Michigan legislature last week cleared a bill that would set fines and penalties for local teachers who strike over contract disputes and limit the teachers» union's collective - bargaining clout.

California, Pa. — Their lunchboxes shiny from lack of use, schoolchildren here returned to classes last week after an 82 - day teachers» strike — the longest in Pennsylvania history.

After an all - night negotiating session, the Chicago Teachers Union and the board of education reached agreement last week on a new contract that narrowly averted a strike in the nation's third - largest school system.

An injunction issued by a lone circuit - court judge ordering striking teachers across West Virginia to return to their classrooms last March was illegal, the state supreme court has ruled.

In Detroit, more than 11,000 teachers continued their strike last week, despite an attempt by the school board to get a court order...

Neither a cooling - off period following a confrontation between striking Oakland, Calif., teachers and district officials nor renewed negotiations last week brought the two sides much closer to an agreement.

A teachers» strike in Philadelphia that began after school ended last Friday was over before classes resumed Monday morning.

Philadelphia teachers were poised to begin a strike last Friday afternoon, provided no new contract had been worked out by the end of the school day.

Back in their classrooms after a nearly three - week strike that ended just before Thanksgiving, teachers in Billings, Mont., approved a hard - fought contract last week that will give them 2.5 percent pay raises and additional help with health insurance.

Teachers in two school districts in Ohio, where the budget year begins on Jan. 1, remained on strike last week after negotiations for new contracts broke down.

In what one organizer described as a»60s - style protest rally with guitar music and singing, a group of striking California child - care providers demonstrated on the grounds of the state Capitol in Sacramento last week, saying low wages are keeping good teachers from staying in the field.

About 75 teachers in the South Fayette (Pa.) School District walked off the job last week, beginning the second teacher strike of the school year there.

The agreement averted a two - day teachers» strike that had been planned for last week to draw attention to the stalemate over funding.

These groups range from independent, or «in house,» unions — such as the American Federation of Teachers Staff Union, which last month threatened to strike over proposals by the A.F.T. to change...

Last week, an appeals court in California reversed a lower court ruling in Vergara v. California that had struck down several state laws involving teacher tenure.

Strike activity was down in most states last week, but teachers in St. John the Baptist Parish (La.) Public Schools were still out — the seventh week of that sStrike activity was down in most states last week, but teachers in St. John the Baptist Parish (La.) Public Schools were still out — the seventh week of that strikestrike.

Members of the United Teachers - Los Angeles last week voted overwhelmingly to authorize their board of directors to call a strike if union leaders are unable to negotiate a salary agreement with the city's school board.

Last week's voting wasn't surprising or close: 88 percent of all Chicago Teachers Union members — that is, 96 percent of those who cast ballots — voted to strike, absent a new contract.

Last Friday, UTLA put on an event to demonstrate support for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and held a conference call with CTU delegates who were then still on strike (see Support spreads for CTU Socialist Worker).

When interviewed last month about the prospect of a teachers union strike, Farley initially refused to answer the question directly.

PURE was founded by parents and teachers together during the last Chicago teachers» strike in 1987, to help parents and teachers speak with one voice about who was failing our children: not the greedy teachers or the lazy parents, but the politicians and bureaucrats whose neglect and poor management was forcing failure on our schools.

Last year, teachers got a big win when a Wake County Superior Court judge struck down part of a 2013 law that would have stripped tenure from educators who had already received it.

The Chicago Teachers Union said on Monday that in three days of voting last week, 88 percent of 24,752 eligible members agreed to authorize union leaders to call a strike.

For the last nine days, West Virginia teachers have been out on strike over concerns about salaries and healthcare benefits.

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.

When a California judge earlier last week struck down teacher tenure protections, his reasoning was that poor students were being harmed when bad teachers with seniority were retained while younger, better teachers were either not hired or let go in layoffs.

Whereas the Seattle Education Association went on a one day strike last spring in protest of the current reform movement that is damaging public education and, therefore stood tall for all public school teachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Associatteachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers AssociatTeachers Association; and

The defendants lost the case last June when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu struck down California's laws regarding teacher tenure, layoffs and dismissals by saying they deny students access to a quality public education.

The possibility of a strike by Los Angeles teachers loomed larger today as the teachers union, UTLA, declared an impasse in negotiations with LA Unified, citing a lack of progress in bargaining since the talks began last year.

Since last Thursday, members of Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504, an affiliate of Randi Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have shut down schools in Waukegan, Illinois in an ongoing strike.