Sentences with phrase «teachers picket»

Public school teachers picket outside Amundsen High School on the first day of a strike by the Chicago Teachers Union, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Chicago.

But on Monday, as Chicago teachers picketed over pay, benefits and other issues, Republicans accused Emanuel of putting politics ahead of the needs of students, and pressured him to step down from his new fundraising role.

Led by Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore, there were teacher pickets in front of the South Buffalo home of School Board member Carl Paladino on Tuesday.

A small group of teachers picketed a screening at Oakland's Piedmont Theater, distributing fliers defending unions and tenure rights and making the case against charter schools and standardized tests.

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That was one of the picket signs carried by 26,000 striking teachers this week in...

Maybe we who want to embody agape as «creative goodwill» are being called back into action, not this time to man the barricades or even to carry picket signs, but rather to initiate fresh forms of dialogue in parent - teacher - student organizations and town councils.

The power relationship between students and teachers was not as stark as that between workers and management, and so some students did raise their hands in class to argue that no one should cross the picket line.

For teachers and students, and for the graduate student teaching assistants who were organizing as well, the issue was whether, in the event of a strike, classes should be moved off campus, so that no one would be crossing a picket line.

A group of 150 children and parents from the People «s Coalition for Educational Reform picketed the District 3 headquarters at 2021 N. Burling St. demanding that nonstriking teachers come out and teach.

When Nurses and Teacher Trainee allowances have not been restored and several graduates from private Nursing Training Schools are picketing for financial clearance to be employed by the ministry of health.

Members of the Buffalo teachers union picketed outside School Board member Carl Paladino's house.

Teachers and students from a local Catholic school said they planned to picket outside Rosenthal's New York City office Tuesday afternoon.

The Buffalo Teachers Federation Teachers led a picket outside Regent's Chancellor Emeritus Robert Bennett's home in Tonawanda Monday afternoon.

The aggrieved teachers were expected to have picketed at the Ministry of Education to press home their demands.

Buffalo teachers will set up informational pickets outside city schools this week to protest the lack of a contract with the school district.

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.

Educators overwhelmingly ratified the $ 98.1 million contract on April 23, though they had picketed right up until voting began, said Danielle L. Lum, a spokeswoman for the 13,000 - member Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Teachers in Providence, R.I., walked picket lines last week in a dispute over health - care coverage, while the mayor threatened to fire them if they did not return to work.

Union teachers in the Roman Catholic archdioceses of Boston and New York have picketed church officials and called in sick in recent weeks to protest what they say is a lack of progress in contract negotiations.

Nearly 700 public school teachers in East St. Louis, Ill., have been on the picket lines since Sept. 5, and Roman Catholic teachers in the Camden, N.J., area walked out Sept. 9.

«Most teachers will be on the picket line by 3 p.m. [Friday],» Barbara Goodman, a spokeswoman for the 21,000 - member Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, said late lateachers will be on the picket line by 3 p.m. [Friday],» Barbara Goodman, a spokeswoman for the 21,000 - member Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, said late laTeachers, said late last week.

We all know a teacher we admire, but are we watching too many of them yelling in state houses and on the picket line to continue to trust the teaching force as a whole?

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Lewis called that an «act of war» and declared that a lot of union members «have already bought red thermal jackets,» rhetoric aimed to conjure up images of thousands of red - clad teachers who picketed city streets during the 2012 teachers strike.

In addition to early morning pickets at schools, the Chicago Teachers Union plans a full day of teach - ins and rallies at sites around the city during a one - day strike Friday that the union promises will shut down the schools, according to a preliminary schedule issued Monday.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is greeted by supporters while visiting the picket line at King College Preparatory High School April 1, 2016, as part of a one - day CTU strike in Chicago.

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Yet many of the teachers who formed the picket lines were also concerned with social justice issues for their students.

«Teachers will picket until we get a fair contract» CTU President Karen Lewis.

Despite his vocal support for the union during an unprecedented speech at its annual conference in March, the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn did not visit teachers on picket lines today, and Angela Rayner, the new shadow education secretary and a former trade union official, stopped short of backing the strike.

Chicago Teachers Union members picket Monday morning at John Marshall Metropolitan High School on the city's West Side.

That prompted questions about whether some teachers would cross the picket line.

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The protection of due process, assured the teachers that did stand up to register to vote, serve as plaintiffs in lawsuits, or join picket lines that their jobs were not easily compromised.

As K12's executives were being rebuffed by stockholders inside the law offices of Latham & Watkins, in Washington, D.C., outside K12 was picketed by members of the California Teachers Association for more or less the same list of educational shortcomings, as Diane Ravitch noted.

And beyond the legislative uncertainty, the bottom line is that teachers across the Mountain State's 55 counties say the raise does little to assuage the bigger concerns that propelled them to the picket lines in the first place.

I was spat upon and sworn at as a seven year old kid crossing the picket line during a teacher's strike just because I wanted to attend school and get an education.

A strike in which teachers emphasize issues like class size, said Pelto, «actually provides a perfect opportunity to educate the Democratic base about what's going on... the good guys are the ones that are out on the picket line working to defend the profession.»

As Joshua Weishart, an associate professor of law and policy at West Virginia University whose research centers on education law, told me last month, coordinated teacher demonstrations, such as picketing, are emerging as one of the dominant ways for a society to decide what public education will be.

«Teachers in other places in the country are looking to West Virginia teachers because they are taking a stand and asking for a livable wage and for better benefits,» Karla Hilliard, an English teacher at Spring Mills High in Berkeley County, told me last week when I visited the picket near herTeachers in other places in the country are looking to West Virginia teachers because they are taking a stand and asking for a livable wage and for better benefits,» Karla Hilliard, an English teacher at Spring Mills High in Berkeley County, told me last week when I visited the picket near herteachers because they are taking a stand and asking for a livable wage and for better benefits,» Karla Hilliard, an English teacher at Spring Mills High in Berkeley County, told me last week when I visited the picket near her school.

But last week, Chicago's teachers were very visibly voting with their feet: According to Jihan, a CTU activist, union sign - ins suggest that each day 90 percent of teachers were on the picket line.

An Oklahoma teacher walks the picket line at the state capitol on April 2, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Teacher union activists have come to picket ALEC's yearly meetings with a self - righteous fervor that makes the true believers glow with pride.

Obama sent his Chief of Staff Rambo Emanuel to teach Chicago teachers how to walk the picket line.

Some teachers were curious to hear about the changes to their schools, but they were turned away at the door, so they started picketing, forming a crowd of about 20.

In an announcement about next week's picketing, the latest UTLA monthly newsletter, The United Teacher, said the union wants the LA Unified school board to pass a resolution opposing the Broad plan.

I joined a throng of protesting teachers that day outside the school to picket his appearance and the corporate reform policies he was promoting.

• In the fall of 2012 Chicago parents walked picket lines with teachers who sought greater resources and better conditions for students, teachers and schools.

A group of parents and teachers plans to picket the office of school board member Tamar Galatzan on Wednesday to protest LA Unified's compliance with federal and state laws to move special needs students into general education settings.