Oakland, Calif., teachers began a strike Thursday seeking higher wages, smaller class sizes, more counselors and nurses for students, and an end to school closures. Around 3000 members…
Oakland, Calif., teachers began a strike Thursday seeking higher wages, smaller class sizes, more counselors and nurses for students, and an end to school closures.
Around 3000 members of the Oakland Education Association went on strike with picket lines at all 86 of the district’s schools.
OEA President Keith Brown said teachers are striking because “you can’t feed the minds of our students by starving their schools.”
„The educators’ union sees this strike as a fight for a better future for Oakland’s 37,000 students, rather than the traditional give and take over wages and benefits for educators,“ he said in a statement.
