The Oklahoma action follows strikes in West Virginia and Kentucky as teachers follow the lead of their students, who have walked out of school and marched for gun control reform. Teachers have been emboldened by their colleagues in West Virginia, who went on strike for nine days in February, eventually winning a 5% pay raise. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Teachers rally at the state capitol in Oklahoma City. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hundreds of people marched for Saheed Vassell in Brooklyn, New York. What we’re readingFacebook Twitter Pinterest Martin Luther King’s monument in Washington DC.

Source: The Guardian April 07, 2018 13:52 UTC