the west virginia teacher strike started on february 22, 2018.
the west virginia teacher strike started on february 22, 2018.
when did the west virginia teacher strike start?
february 22 , 2018
the west virginia teachers' and school personnel strike began on february 22, 2018 with a call from the west virginia branches of the american federation of teachers and the national education association, and the west virginia school service personnel for school employees across west virginia to strike. the strike, called in response to anger among teachers and other school employees over low pay and high health care costs, involved roughly 20,000 teachers and public school employees and shut down schools in all 55 west virginia counties, affecting some 250,000 students. it lasted until march 7, 2018.
2018 west virginia teachers' strike
strongsville city schools (scs) is the school district for the city of strongsville, ohio and consists of 8 schools with an overall total of 6,200 students. the 383 teachers that work for the school district are members of a union called the strongsville education association (sea). in 2013, sea and the strongsville school board were having contract negotiations for the teachers upcoming contract, after the previous one had expired in june 2012. when negotiations were not agreed upon by the time the teachers' union had set, they went on strike in march 2013. the teacher strike lasted for eight weeks. during this time frame, sea and its president, tracy linscott, held picket lines outside of all the schools within the scs district. contracts were agreed upon on april 27, 2013, which ended the eight week strike. teachers were back into the schools by april 30, 2013.
strongsville city schools 2013 teacher strike