Folks,
Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday just returned from a 1,200-mile car journey through the Mountain West.
Thanks again to all of you who donated to pay for gas, rental cars, and hotels on the trip.
We will have several stories from the trip coming out in the next few weeks.
Minneapolis Teachers Strike for 1st Time in 50 Years
In Minneapolis, over 4,000 teachers and school staff are on strike for the first time in 50 years.
Union leaders are asking for a 12% pay raise for first-year teachers, and they want to raise the minimum salary for the 1,500 support staff from $24,000 to $35,000.
“We’re on strike for safe and stable schools and systemic change,” Greta Callahan, president of the teacher chapter of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, said at a Tuesday morning news conference.
For more on the latest state of negotiations as the strike enters its second day, check out the Star Tribune.
Also, be sure to follow author Eric Blanc who’s on the ground in Minneapolis. Blanc is the author of Red State Revolt, a book on the 2018 #RedforEd teachers’ strikes.
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