Arizona Teachers Vote for Statewide Walkout

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. The vote was held this week following weeks of growing protests and an offer from Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to give teachers a 20 percent raise by 2020....

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