teacher strike
Classroom staff stoppage
A teacher strike is a work stoppage by teachers, typically to pressure school districts or governments over wages, class sizes, or working conditions.
Unlike strikes in private industry, teacher strikes often involve public debate about their impact on students and families: The teacher strike closed schools for two weeks.
Some jurisdictions prohibit them outright.
- picketPointed fence stake
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- unionJoining into one
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Employer-imposed work stoppage
labor contract · union contract · negotiated settlement · pay raise
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