More than 37,000 children are out of school after the St. Paul, Minnesota, teachers union went on strike because a dozen mediation sessions had not yielded movement on educators' demands for better mental health and multilingual services for students.
The language support is especially important in one of the nation's most diverse districts, where families speak 129 different tongues, the St. Paul Federation of Educators says. As for the mental health support staff, many students are experiencing trauma, the union says. In a 2019 survey, almost one-fifth of eighth-grade girls said they'd considered suicide in the last year, and 40% of fifth-graders agreed with the statement,"I worry a lot.
Low pay, charter schools, and teacher strikes 10:55"It's emotional. Yesterday, putting the kids on the bus, I was crying on the inside because I love my students, and this is for them. We want them to feel safe. We want them to learn. They deserve more," she told the station."All of us our giving up our incomes, our insurance. I have a child at home.
Chicago teachers' strike ends after 11 days 01:20Educators who cross the picket line will not lose their membership or face legal action, but they will not be eligible for interest-free loans from the union strike fund and the union's executive board will recommend that strikebreakers no longer be eligible for part-time employment within the union, the union's bargaining team informed teachers in a letter.
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