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The many similarities between two teachers’ strikes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The many similarities between two teachers’ strikes

The Hindu  

In the last 50 years, Chennai has witnessed two major strikes by teachers. The Joint Council of Service Associations and Teachers’ Organisations of Tamil Nadu announced mass rallies on November 25 across the State in support of the teachers’ demands besides picketing the Secretariat for four days. On November 24, the State government issued an When the Joint Action Council …

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Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources
1 year, 2 months ago

Teachers kick off strike in Portland, Oregon, over class sizes, pay and resources

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked …

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Odisha Govt Warns Protesting Primary School Teachers Over Gross Misconduct'
1 year, 4 months ago

Odisha Govt Warns Protesting Primary School Teachers Over Gross Misconduct'

Deccan Chronicle  

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Thursday sent a warning to the protesting primary teachers in the state who have been protesting for fulfillment of their demands. In a letter written to all the district education officers and their subordinating officials, the director of elementary education has mentioned that most of the teachers have not taken any permission from their competent …

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As talks with teachers heat up, LAUSD budget shows a higher ending balance, with caveats
1 year, 9 months ago

As talks with teachers heat up, LAUSD budget shows a higher ending balance, with caveats

LA Times  

LAUSD employees and students strike in the rain in front of Farmdale Elementary School in El Sereno last week. For months, the Los Angeles Unified School District had been saying that, despite an ending balance of $4.93 billion for the current school year, the district could be at financial risk in the future. Here is a look at district finances …

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Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike
1 year, 11 months ago

Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of schools in the U.K. closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports on the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade, as unions stepped up pressure on the government Wednesday to provide better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Union bosses argue …

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Teachers in Northern Ireland set to strike over pay award
1 year, 11 months ago

Teachers in Northern Ireland set to strike over pay award

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Teachers in Northern Ireland are set to take part in …

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Schools facing disruption as teachers take two days of strike action
2 years, 1 month ago

Schools facing disruption as teachers take two days of strike action

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The strike will have a varying impact on schools across the country with Glasgow …

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Delhi: East MCD school teachers declare strike over salary delay
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi: East MCD school teachers declare strike over salary delay

Hindustan Times  

The municipal teachers’ union has called for a joint strike from Monday to protest against the delay in salary disbursement, noting that the pendency has touched five months for teachers and seven months for pensioners in East Delhi Municipal Corporation schools. Ramniwas Solanki, who heads Nagar Nigam Shikshak Sangh -- a teachers’ union of all three MCDs, said the situation …

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Why French Parents Supported a Teachers Strike This Week
3 years ago

Why French Parents Supported a Teachers Strike This Week

Slate  

Thousands of schools closed in France on Thursday as more than 75,000 teachers marched to protest the government’s protocol for keeping COVID-19 out of the classroom. Here’s where things diverge: In France, the teacher strike earned the support of an alphabet soup of organizations related to education, including strike-averse syndicates, federal bureaucrats, and three national associations of high school students. …

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Will go on indefinite strike if salaries not paid: teachers
3 years, 1 month ago

Will go on indefinite strike if salaries not paid: teachers

The Hindu  

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday held talks with the teachers’ association after 7,000 teachers stopped taking online classes over the issue of non-payment of salaries since August. Kuldeep Singh Khatri, president of Shikshak Nyay Manch, an association for teachers under the civic body, said the North body officials had offered “to pay one month’s salary in order to …

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DU teachers join students' stir against upcoming private building in North Campus
5 years, 2 months ago

DU teachers join students' stir against upcoming private building in North Campus

India Today  

The Delhi University professors too have joined the ongoing indefinite hunger strike by students against the proposed construction of a 39-storey residential building in DU's North Campus. The students have been protesting since November 4 against upcoming residential building in the DU campus, demanding that the land must be returned to the university by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which …

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Chicago teachers strike ends after 11 days without school
5 years, 2 months ago

Chicago teachers strike ends after 11 days without school

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago teachers and the nation’s third-largest school district reached a labor contract deal on Thursday, ending a strike that canceled 11 days of classes for more than 300,000 students. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the district had reached a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union after months of unsuccessful negotiations led to the city’s first significant walkout by …

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APNewsBreak: Teach for America slammed over Oakland strike
5 years, 11 months ago

APNewsBreak: Teach for America slammed over Oakland strike

Associated Press  

Hundreds of Teach for America alumni are slamming the educator placement program for suggesting members should cross the picket line during a potential teacher strike in Oakland, California, or risk losing thousands of dollars at the end of their service. More than 300 alumni signed the letter delivered Monday to Teach for America’s leadership, asking it to stop “pressuring” young …

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Denver teachers, officials negotiate to try to end strike
5 years, 11 months ago

Denver teachers, officials negotiate to try to end strike

Associated Press  

DENVER — Denver teachers and district leaders were trying to end a strike over pay Tuesday with the help of a federal negotiator. Lead union negotiator Rob Gould interrupted to tell her, “You can’t do the job without us.” The negotiations began with discussions over changing Denver’s pay system to more closely resemble other districts that allow teachers to advance …

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LA teachers make the case that charter schools are an existential threat to public education
5 years, 11 months ago

LA teachers make the case that charter schools are an existential threat to public education

Salon  

“Isn’t it reasonable to have some regulations on charters?” asked Ingrid King, a kindergarten and dual language teacher at Latona Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles. “Charter schools are popping up everywhere and siphoning money and taking away students from our public school,” said King. You see a two-tier system going on.” “Charter schools are set up to target certain …

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I'm An LAUSD Teacher. This Is Why We're Striking.
6 years ago

I'm An LAUSD Teacher. This Is Why We're Striking.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING My pregnant wife coughed and wheezed on Saturday as she fed strike signs into the laminator while fighting off a cold. Behind us, a line of teachers from all over the city waited to do the same; The teaching supply store was providing free lamination for Los Angeles teachers in preparation for the Los Angeles Unified School …

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L.A. teachers union rallies supporters with call for cap on charter schools
6 years ago

L.A. teachers union rallies supporters with call for cap on charter schools

LA Times  

Parents, students and educators attend a press conference calling for a cap on charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District at UTLA headquarters. In its 69 pages of demands to the school district, the union representing Los Angeles teachers barely touches on charter schools. Austin Beutner on Friday said it was wrong to characterize the dispute “as a …

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"We’re one union": Why Chicago teachers are out on the first charter school strike in the country
6 years, 1 month ago

"We’re one union": Why Chicago teachers are out on the first charter school strike in the country

Salon  

After a grueling day of bargaining on Monday, teachers at Chicago’s Acero charter schools announced shortly after midnight that they were going out on the nation’s first-ever charter strike. High School this morning, one of Acero’s 15 sites across the city, teachers picketed in the cold with a giant “fat cat” balloon—a classic Chicago strike mascot customized for the occasion …

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Chicago teachers just voted 98 percent to authorize the first charter school strike in U.S. history
6 years, 2 months ago

Chicago teachers just voted 98 percent to authorize the first charter school strike in U.S. history

Salon  

On Tuesday, teachers at 15 Chicago charter schools voted 98 percent to authorize a strike as they continue to bargain a contract with Acero Schools, the largest unionized charter network in the city. Since then, “Chicago has become the epicenter of charter union organizing in the country,” as Illinois Network of Charter Schools President Andrew Broy lamented in the Chicago …

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