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In April, the National Education Association released a report that placed Florida in last place for the nation's average teacher pay at $53,098. The minimum livable wage is $58,970 according to ...
Thousands did. Schools closed in roughly two-thirds of Florida's counties. At the height of the strike, 25,712 teachers—about 40 percent of the state's teachers—walked out. The statewide Florida teachers' strike was not uniform, however. Strikes lasted only a few days in some districts, while in others teachers walked picket lines for weeks.
The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.
The Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 was a strike action in the US state of Florida in February and March 1968 by teachers and other education workers belonging to the Florida Education Association (FEA). The cause of the strike was under-funding of the state's educational system at a time when attendance was rising sharply, combined ...
Florida teachers will see an increase in salaries for the 2024-2025 school year, but the money came with a message. ... A 2020 law that mandated a starting salary of $47,500 requires districts to ...
Florida’s overall unionization rate reached as high as 8.7% of ITS workforce in 2000, the first year the federal government began tracking the data, and it has slowly wobbled downwards ever ...
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 big story: When Florida lawmakers placed new restrictions on public sector unions this spring, teachers were among the groups to call the effort “union busting.” As the provisions take ...