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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.
[28]: 1 For example: "In Colorado, school district payments to the public pension fund have roughly doubled since 2006, from about 10 percent of payroll to 20 percent." [ 28 ] A 2016 study found that only 30% of the money that school districts pay towards the retirement benefits of an educator actually go toward that educator's pension, with 70 ...
The major exception was the emergence of unions of public school teachers in the largest cities; they formed the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), affiliated with the AFL. In suburbs and small cities, the National Education Association (NEA) became active, but it insisted it was not a labor union but a professional organization.
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Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968: 1968 Florida: 25,000 - 60,000 Anti-Rent War and strikes: 1839-45 Hudson Valley, Upstate New York: 24,000 [59] 1951 Caterpillar strike: 1951 East Peoria, Illinois: 23,000 [85] 1973 Chicago teachers strike: 1973 Chicago: 20,000 [86] 1948 Caterpillar strike: 1948 Peoria, Illinois +20,000 1982 garment ...
President Donald Trump's Department of Education has launched an investigation into a school district in central New York for allegedly discriminating against students based on their race.
Per the board resolution, the list of people laid off are in the following positions: 11 English language arts teachers for grades 7-12. Six math teachers for grades 7-12.
In response to racial tension in a community and its schools, the Board of Education and the teachers union in Jackson, Michigan added a "layoff provision" to their collective bargaining agreement; it required that in the event of layoffs, "teachers with the most seniority... shall be retained, except that at no time will there be a greater percentage of minority personnel laid off than the ...