North Carolina Teachers to Strike in May – Louisiana Teachers Could Follow – Georgia Bus Drivers Fired for Striking
By Mike Elk with help from Max Zahn.
Greeting from the mountains outside of Tucson, Arizona where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk after spending 5 weeks on road, finally got the weekend
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PHOENIX – For miles around, tens of thousands of people desperately searched for parking as they made their way to Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, to begin their march on the Arizona State Capitol.
Over 50,000 showed up according to the AP, crowds nearly five times those seen
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Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch from Phoenix from the Guardian:
Unlike West Virginia or Oklahoma, the issues of immigration will probably take center stage in Arizona, as nearly 45% of the school system’s students are Latino and more than half of Arizona’s public school
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$1,482 / $1,600
Due to a big haul during the last week, Payday has brought in $1,482 to cover the costs of our trip.
Between flights ($676 round trip), accommodations for a week ($547), rental car ($193), gas ($73), and food (easily over $100), we are still $319
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Following upon the success of teachers in West Virginia and Oklahoma, teachers in Arizona have voted to strike in the first-ever statewide strike. The strike will begin on Thursday April 26th.
78% of the state’s 57,000 teachers voted to strike.
“This vote was not an easy decision for
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