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Nevada School District Approves New Teachers Contract

Sep 13, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada school district has approved a new employee contract after a Las Vegas teacher's union threatened to strike.
 
The Clark County School District Board of Trustees officially ended a months-long fight with Clark County Education Assoc
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Strike Avoided But Where Is Money For Teacher Raises Coming From?

Aug 29, 2019

A teachers strike has been avoided, but where will the new money for teachers come from?

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Las Vegas-Area District, Teachers Union Make Deal, Avert Strike

Aug 29, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area teachers' union has struck a teacher pay deal Wednesday with the country's fifth largest school district that organizers say will avert a threatened teacher strike Sept.
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CCSD And Teachers' Union Return To Bargaining Table

Aug 28, 2019

The Clark County School District and the teachers' union will return to the bargaining table Wednesday in an effort to come to an agreement and avoid a teachers' strike.

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District Files Injunction To Stop Teachers' Strike

Aug 27, 2019

The Clark County School District has filed an injunction to stop a strike by teachers.

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Teachers' Union Puts Strike Preparations On Hold

Aug 26, 2019

The teachers' union has paused strike preparations, following a news conference by Governor Stave Sisolak. 

On Friday, Sisolak urged the Clark County School District to reach a deal with the Clark County Education Association to avoid a strike. 

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Gov. Sisolak Holds Talks With Superintendent, Union Leaders Over Teacher Dispute

Aug 22, 2019

Governor Steve Sisolak, along with other legislative leaders, sat down with Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara and Clark County Education Association Executive Director John Vellardita to talk about solutions to contract issues.

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CCSD Teachers Threaten Strike By End Of The Week

Aug 20, 2019

The Clark County Education Association has rejected the Clark County School District’s offer in their latest round of contract negotiations.

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Las Vegas-Area Teachers OK Strike If Budget Cuts Occur

May 14, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas-area teachers union is authorizing members to go on strike if budget cuts are made for the next school year.

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People inside the North Carolina state Capitol, in Raleigh, look out a window upon the teachers' march Wednesday. Educators, school workers and parents joined the protests to push for greater school funding.

Teachers Take School Funding Fight Straight To North Carolina's Capitol

May 16, 2018
Educators marched on lawmakers' offices in Raleigh on Wednesday, with demands in hand — including better pay and more school funding. Meanwhile, schools closed across the state.
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Arizona Schools Reopen After Education Funding Deal Reached

May 04, 2018
PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Arizona schoolchildren can go back to class now that the Legislature passed an education funding deal, ending a six-day walkout that shuttered classrooms around the state.
 
Strike organizers called for an end to the w
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Teachers packed the lobby of the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix in the wee hours of Thursday morning, as lawmakers debated a budget that gives teachers big raises but falls short of their demands for better school funding.

Arizona Teachers End Walkout But Vow To Keep Fighting: 'Now We Must Win The War'

May 03, 2018
Educators aren't satisfied with the pay bump passed Thursday, but after it was signed, they announced they would return to class — roughly a week after their massive statewide walkout began.
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Teachers rally outside Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's executive tower in Phoenix on Monday, their third day of walkouts. On Wednesday, the educators opened the possibility of ending the walkouts on Thursday, one week after they began.

Arizona Teachers Vow To Maintain Walkout 'Until A Budget Is Passed'

May 02, 2018
Nearly a week after the walkout began, teachers said they would accept a budget giving them a pay bump. But, with the budget still not signed, organizers have vowed to stay out of school another day.
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Thousands rally inside the Oklahoma state Capitol building on April 4.

Union Leader Calls For An End To Oklahoma Teachers' 9-Day Strike

Apr 14, 2018
Teachers won a raise of about $6,000 before the walkout, but were not granted the full amount of their demanded funds to improve school conditions.
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W. Va. teachers, students and supporters hold signs on a Morgantown, W. Va., street on Saturday. The strike is in its second weekend after the state Senate failed to pass the 5 percent raise teachers are demanding.

Still No School In W. Va. As Salary Snag Ensures Strike Will Go On

Mar 04, 2018
The state Senate failed to pass the raise teachers are demanding. Now an end date for the strike is unclear as students face their eighth day of no school.
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