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The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill–Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New York City's United Federation of Teachers. It began with a one day walkout in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.
1968 New York City teachers' strike; 2007 Hayward teachers' strike; 2007 Quincy teacher strike; 2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States; 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike; 2022 University of California academic workers' strike; 2023 Portland Association of Teachers strike; 2023 Rutgers University strike; 2023 Temple ...
1966 New York City transit strike; Texas farm workers' strike; St. John's University strike of 1966–67; 1967 2,870,000 1967 US Railroad strike; 1967 US truckers strike; November 1967 General Motors strike; 1967 Caterpillar strike; September 1967 General Motors strike; 1968 2,649,000 New York City Teacher's Strike of 1968; Florida statewide ...
Teachers struck the city again for five days over the issue of class size in 1975. The fine was applied during the New York City Transit Authority 1980 transit strike and again in the 2005 transit strike. The latter involved the Transit Authority and also MTA Bus Company workers who were members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100.
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]
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 closed down almost all New York City schools for 36 days. Perhaps Shanker is best known for opposing community-control leaders in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville district of New York City, which led to the 1968 strike after white teachers were dismissed from the school district by the recently appointed ...
1962–1963 New York City newspaper strike; 1968 New York City teachers' strike; 1970 United States postal strike; 1973 New York City gravediggers' strike;