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Date | April 26, 2018 – May 3, 2018 | ||
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Joe Thomas | |||
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The 2018 Arizona teachers' strike was held from April 26–May 3, 2018, by 20,000 teachers to protest low pay and cuts to school funding.[1] Arizona Governor Doug Ducey had approved a proposal giving a 20 percent raise to teachers by 2020, with a 9 percent raise in 2019; teachers rejected this proposal as it did not provide increased funding for schools themselves or raises for support staff.[2] It coincided with a similar strike in neighboring Colorado.
The walkout occurred after similar actions in West Virginia and Oklahoma, and was the third in a wave of teachers' strikes in the United States. It was the first such action by teachers in Arizona.[3]
The strike ended on May 3, 2018, when the Government of Arizona conceded to increase funding to increase salaries for support staff and to decrease student to counselor ratios.[4]