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Revision as of 23:38, 6 June 2019
</image> <label>Performers</label> <label>Date</label> <label>Location</label> </infobox>Red for Ed refers to a wave of strikes by educational workers, notably high school teachers, across the US in 2018 and 2019.
Background
Strikes
Virginia
West Virginia
From the 22nd of February to the 7th of March, 2018. Teachers across the state of Arizona which was highly successful, resulting in:
- 5% wage raise for teachers[1]
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Georgia
Arizona
From the 26th of April to the 3rd of May, 2018. Teachers across the state of Arizona which was highly successful, resulting in:
- 19% wage raise for teachers by 2020
- 9% wage for teachers in 2018–19 school year
- subsequent 5% raises in wages for the next two years
- Increased support staff wages[2]
Colorado
From the 27th of April to the 12th of May, 2018. Teachers across the state of Colorado which was successful, resulting in:
- 2% wage increase
- Education budget restored to pre-Recession levels[3]
North Carolina
Tennessee
California
From the 14th of January to the 22nd of January, 2019. Teachers across the city of Los Angeles which was highly successful, resulting in:
- 6% wage increase
- Reduction in class sizes
- Increase in support staff[4]
From the 21st of February to the 28th of February, 2019. Teachers across the city of Oakland which was highly successful, resulting in:
- 11% wage increase over four years
- Reduction in class sizes
- Delay in school closures for 5 months[5]
South Carolina
References
- ↑ www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/02/28/stat-f28.html
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-arizona-teachers-20180503-story.html
- ↑ https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/colorado-gov-john-hickenlooper-signs-289-billion-state-budget
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-lausd-teachers-strike-negotiations-20190122-story.html
- ↑ https://edsource.org/2019/tentative-agreement-reached-in-oakland-unified-teachers-strike/609342