Arizona teachers vow to keep striking as lawmakers negotiate

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



MAY 1, 2018 / 7:03 AM / UPDATED 37 MINUTES AGO

David Schwartz

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona teachers vowed to continue their walkout over salaries and school funding on Tuesday as lawmakers considered a proposal advanced by the governor and legislative leaders for ending the latest in a string of statewide protests by U.S. educators.

Arizona’s strike has kept the vast majority of its 1.1 million school children out of classrooms since teachers walked off the job last Thursday. It follows similar walkouts by teachers in West Virginia, Kentucky and Oklahoma that marked the first statewide U.S. teacher work stoppages since the 1990s - all in states where Republicans dominate the legislature.

The unprecedented wave of labor activism by teachers has been fueled by demands that states reverse salary and funding constraints imposed during the 2007-2009 recession when tax revenues ran short.

Thousands of red-clad Arizona teachers flocked to the state Capitol in Phoenix for a third day on Monday to press the Republican-controlled legislature for greater education spending as lawmakers opened talks on various state budget proposals.



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-arizona/arizona-teachers-vow-to-keep-striking-as-lawmakers-negotiate-idUSKBN1I23FA

[lunasun]

1. Wonder if a lot of those republican teachers will have a full change of mind in Nov or 20

A business associate in Phnx said 50/50 chance which is better than before . They really do not like Ducey of course but that may be where it ends with them . I talked with him over the weekend and now he said a lot in ilocal interviews are declaring they are republicans but want changes in schools from the reps in state leg they voted for .
Same wonder for wv ok etc It's one of many issues there, but the only one teachers in those states seem focused on , which again is better than before but