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  2. United Federation of Teachers - Wikipedia

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    The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most teachers in New York City public schools. As of 2005, there were about 118,000 in-service teachers and nearly 30,000 [2] paraprofessional educators in the union, as well as about 54,000 retired members. In October 2007, 28,280 home day care providers voted to join ...

  3. Charles Cogen - Wikipedia

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    There had never been a teacher strike in New York City prior to 1960 (although Cogen threatened one in 1959 when he was leader of the Teachers' Guild) [5] During the four years that Cogen was president of the UFT, teachers struck twice and came within 24 hours of a third. Each such crisis involved confrontations with New York City's ...

  4. List of strikes - Wikipedia

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    Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...

  5. Teacher strikes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The strike involved teachers and other PAT members at Portland Public Schools, the largest school district in Oregon. The strike began on November 1, 2023 and ended November 26, 2023. [17] [18] The 2024 Greater Albany Education Association (GAEA) teacher strike began on November 12, 2024 in Greater Albany Public Schools in Albany, Oregon. The ...

  6. Albert Shanker - Wikipedia

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    The pilot program was designed to fight school segregation and racial inequity in school policies, teacher hiring, and Black and Puerto Rican student outcomes. [9] When the majority Black and Puerto Rican school board fired 14 white union teachers for underperformance, Shanker led UFT teachers in a strike to oppose community control. [10]

  7. Here are some of the key items the Fresno Teachers Association union and Fresno Unified hammered out to avert a strike.

  8. List of striking United States workers by year - Wikipedia

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    New York City Teacher's Strike of 1968; Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968; Chrysler wildcat strike; Memphis sanitation strike; St. Petersburg, FL sanitation strike; 1968 NFL strike/lockout; 1969 2,481,000 1970 3,305,000 1970 General Motors Strike; U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970; Salad Bowl strike; 1970 Southern California ...

  9. List of US strikes by size - Wikipedia

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    1975 New York City teachers strike: 1975 New York City: 63,000 [60] 1960 General Electric strike: 1960 nationwide 63,100 [33] 1980 Petroleum strike: 1980 nationwide 62,000 [4] 1949 Ford Motor Michigan strike: 1949 Michigan: 61,900 [62] 1975 Bituminous coal strike: 1975 60,000 [63] 1953 California construction strike: 1953 Northern and Central ...