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🧵35 Years of Teacher Strikes - a lot less than you think!
#BePrepared #SuitUp #ChangeTheNarrative
1. You are always doing this
2. Teachers have it easy
3. Think of the Children
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#BePrepared #SuitUp #ChangeTheNarrative
1. You are always doing this
2. Teachers have it easy
3. Think of the Children
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1. You are always doing this. There have been 3 significant national teacher strikes in the last 35 years.
1987 - conditions and class sizes
2008 NUT strike over pay 8k/25k schools closed
2011 Pension strike supported by NUT/NASUWT and NAHT (first national ballot ever). /2
1987 - conditions and class sizes
2008 NUT strike over pay 8k/25k schools closed
2011 Pension strike supported by NUT/NASUWT and NAHT (first national ballot ever). /2
62% of English schools closed.
In 2014 and 16 the NUT staged strikes the shut barely 12% of schools.
Change the narrative - 3 major strikes in 35 years over working conditions/class sizes, pay and pensions. /3
In 2014 and 16 the NUT staged strikes the shut barely 12% of schools.
Change the narrative - 3 major strikes in 35 years over working conditions/class sizes, pay and pensions. /3
Please. This.
I know we are tired. I sure am. I feel like I’ve been fighting for what’s right 24/7 since that orange snake slithered down that gilded escalator. His evil has encouraged the evil in others.
It’s always on us to fix it. But the alternative for us is death.
I know we are tired. I sure am. I feel like I’ve been fighting for what’s right 24/7 since that orange snake slithered down that gilded escalator. His evil has encouraged the evil in others.
It’s always on us to fix it. But the alternative for us is death.
Yes, we will have to organize AGAIN.
Yes, we will have to register (and in some states RE-register due to their suppression tactics) to vote AGAIN.
Yes, we will have to donate to Democratic candidates even in states we may not live in AGAIN.
Yes, we will have to register (and in some states RE-register due to their suppression tactics) to vote AGAIN.
Yes, we will have to donate to Democratic candidates even in states we may not live in AGAIN.
Yes, we will have to vote AROUND the things newly put in place to make voting even harder for US.
Our ancestors had to count how many marbles were in a jar.
Our ancestors like @repjohnlewis were literally BEATEN.
Our ancestors like #MLK were assassinated.
This is our portion.
Our ancestors had to count how many marbles were in a jar.
Our ancestors like @repjohnlewis were literally BEATEN.
Our ancestors like #MLK were assassinated.
This is our portion.
