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Mass strikes took place on 17 and 18 January 2019, when at least 45,000 students protested in Switzerland and Germany alone, against insufficient policies on global warming. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] In several countries, including Germany and the UK, pupils demanded the change of laws to reduce the voting age to 16 so that they could influence ...
The September 2019 climate strikes, also known as the Global Week for Future, were a series of international strikes and protests to demand action be taken to address climate change, which took place from 20 to 27 September 2019. The strikes' key dates were 20 September, which was three days before the United Nations Climate Summit, and 27 ...
This has subsequently reduced the frequency of teacher strikes in Pennsylvania, although the state still leads the nation in strikes. [19] Between 2000 and 2007, Pennsylvania accounted for 60% of teacher strikes nationwide. [20] [21] 2010 saw 3 strikes, while 2011 had one strike. Between 1968 and 2012 Pennsylvania has had 740 teacher strikes. [1]
The 2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States began on February 22, 2018, after local activists compelled the West Virginia state leadership of the West Virginia branches of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association into holding a strike vote. The strike—which ended when teachers returned to ...
3,700 teachers and other employees. The 2023 Portland Association of Teachers strike was a labor strike involving teachers at Portland Public Schools (PPS), the largest school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. The strike began on 1 November 2023, and ended on 26 November 2023. [1] [2] Spanning 11 instructional days, this strike was one of ...
More than 30,000 public-school teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) went on strike from January 14 to 22, 2019. [1] Protesting low pay, large class sizes, inadequate support staffs of nurses and librarians, and the proliferation of charter schools, the teachers went on strike for the first time in the district in 30 years.
The strikes began on 20 August 2018, when Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg went on strike daily for several weeks, before switching to striking every Friday. The days of the largest strikes worldwide have been on 15 March 2019 (over a million people), [ 1 ] 20 September 2019 (four million people) and 27 September 2019 (two million people). [ 2 ]
The 2018 Oklahoma teachers' walkout began on April 2, 2018, with teachers across the state walking out to protest low pay, overcrowded classrooms, and tax cuts that resulted in lower state-wide education spending. It was the first such action in Oklahoma since 1990. [1] The OEA declared an end to the walkout on April 12 after an agreement to ...