Arizona teachers vote for statewide walkout to protest pay

PHOENIX (AP) " Arizona teachers have voted to walk off the job to demand increased school funding, marking a key step toward a first-ever statewide strike that builds on a movement for higher pay in other Republican-dominant states.A grassroots group and the state's largest teacher membership group said Thursday that teachers will walkout April 26.Arizona jumped into a movement for higher teacher pay that started in West Virginia, where a strike garnered a raise, and spread to [...]


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