Teacher Strikes Lead to Higher Pay

In the Aftermath of Teacher Strikes, More Americans Support ...

Following strikes this spring in which teachers in six states demanded higher salaries, a new poll finds a sharp uptick in Americans' ...

The Long-run Effects of Teacher Strikes: Evidence from Argentinaa

Specifically, for log earnings we obtain a lower bound of -. 0.0039 and an upper bound of -0.0026 for males (-0.0045 and -0.0012 for females), and for log wages ...

Thousands of Oakland teachers go on strike, demand higher wages

More than 3,000 teachers and other workers in the Oakland Unified School District went on strike Thursday, saying the district failed to ...

Why do Teachers Strike? | American University

While a growing majority of citizens in the US support teacher demands for higher wages and better working conditions, teacher strikes can also ...

Teacher strikes made 2018 the biggest year for worker protest in a ...

Decades of falling pay and years of organizational efforts helped push educators to the forefront of the labor movement.

Why US teachers have been walking out of schools nationwide - BBC

Shortly after, 20,000 teachers across the state of Arizona won a 20% salary raise by 2020 after a five-day strike. ... increase in teachers' pay.

Los Angeles strike highlights paltry school worker pay in U.S.

School support staffers earn, on average, about $25,000 a year in Los Angeles, barely enough to get by in one of the most expensive cities ...

What's Behind the Teacher Strikes? - American Enterprise Institute

This spring, in an unexpected turn, teacher strikes have dominated the education landscape. In March, West Virginia teachers seeking a pay ...

Increase Teacher Pay and Support Before Strikes or Shortages ...

The Chicago Teachers Union recently initiated a strike demanding the district increase pay for teachers, provide smaller class sizes, hire more ...

Thousands of US Teachers Strike to Demand Higher Pay

Thousands of teachers in two U.S. states are striking to demand higher pay and increased education funding. More than 30,000 educators in ...

Evidence shows collective bargaining—especially with the ability to ...

Evidence shows collective bargaining—especially with the ability to strike—raises teacher pay ... Some recent media reports on a new academic ...

More than half of Americans support pay raises for teachers, poll finds

Fifty-two percent of Americans approve of teachers leaving the classroom to strike in their search for higher pay. Overall, 78 percent of ...

The effect of teacher strikes on parents - ScienceDirect.com

Teacher strikes lead mothers to drop out of the labor force. This translates into a large reduction in earnings. The effects amount to an aggregate loss of $92 ...

The 2018 Wave of Teacher Strikes - Rethinking Schools

“Not surprisingly,” noted an Economic Policy Institute report, “striking teachers live in states with some of the largest pay gaps. In Arizona, teachers earn ...

Raising public school teacher pay: What the research says

A key takeaway: An increase in base teacher pay reduces teacher turnover, a “pay effect [that] is largest for less experienced teachers, ...

Years of Low Pay Helped Spark the Teacher Strike Wave

A new report affirms protesting teachers' complaints, noting their wages have long been declining and they're paid less than comparable ...

The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Strikes: Evidence from Argentina

A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that this amounts to an aggregate annual earnings loss of $2.34 billion. We also find an increase in unemployment ...

Teacher strikes: what consequences for pupils?

Failing to pay teachers a fair wage may ultimately produce larger costs for governments and employers than those they are trying to forestall.

Newton teachers strike, arguing city can afford better pay and staffing

Newton is just the latest school district in Massachusetts to be caught up in a wave of teacher strikes in the last 18 months.

Statewide survey: most Californians support teacher strikes for ...

Teachers from Los Angeles Unified and Oakland Unified went on strike in January and February, respectively, demanding higher pay and improved ...