Will Arizona Teachers Walkout?by Meche Williams '19 Arizona teachers are the apart of the lowest paid in the nation and has started “weighing whether” or not they are going to walk out of their classrooms and demand more funding after seeing it happen in other states. The Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has offered teachers a 20 percent raise by 2020 after that the walkout vote will start. But teachers in grass-roots groups say the plan does not address the other needs for supplies and rasis for support staff. The walk-out movements started in West virginia; their strike “garnered” them a raised, eventually Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Colorado have joined in on the movement. The Arizona Education Association supports the #RedforEd movement which began in grass-roots and turned into Arizona Educators United group; they have informed the 20,000 members of thericks they’ll be taking by doing a state wide walkout. There is no law banning a teacher strike but a statewide strike is illegal under common law and the participants could lose their teaching credentials. The association President Joe Thomas said, “We’ve been telling our members that for six weeks, and they understand it and it doesn’t seem to faze them. That shows how upset they are. They’re willing to take this risk for their students.” In weeks since it started the rallying has brought forward stories of teachers working multiple jobs, living with their parents, teaching in poor facility infrastructure and out-of-date materials. Thomas adds, “We’ve never had a situation as dire as what we have right now, and that’s what’s truly unique, These aren’t teachers and support staff and counselors who are frustrated with their district, they are frustrated with their state governor and their state Legislature.” http://www.wric.com/news/national/possibility-of-arizona-teacher-strike-creates-some-confusion-1/1127802658
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