
Portland schools close as teachers go on strike
Thousands of teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday amid stalled labor negotiations, shuttering schools. The teachers are demanding smaller class sizes and higher pay.
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Thousands of teachers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike Wednesday amid stalled labor negotiations, shuttering schools. The teachers are demanding smaller class sizes and higher pay.
More than 4,500 Portland public school teachers and educators went on strike after 10 months of unsuccessful negotiations. Emma Jerome of CBS News' affiliate station KOIN joins CBS News from the picket lines.
Members of the Fresno Teachers Association have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike. While teachers are on the picket line, the school district is offering guest teachers $500 per day to be in the classroom. CBS News' Aubrey Gelpieryn reports.
The Fresno, California, school district is offering substitute teachers more than double their normal rate to fill vacancies as teachers authorize a strike.
Teachers in Oakland, California, have reached a tentative contract agreement with the school district after striking for seven days. KPIX reporter Jocelyn Moran spoke with CBS News' Tony Dokoupil and Lilia Luciano about the significance of the deal and the stipulations included.
Teachers say they are struggling to afford the cost of living in Oakland, where the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is more than $2,500.
The deal with the school district would also reduce class sizes over time.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest in the nation, was forced to close for three days as tens of thousands of support staff and teachers walked off the job to protest low wages.
Los Angeles Unified School District workers began a three-day strike Tuesday, shutting down the second-largest school system in the country. About 30,000 non-teaching support workers walked off the job over stalled contract talks. The teachers union asked its 35,000 members to also walk out in solidarity. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Kara Finnstrom joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss.
Some 60,000 workers comprised of striking support staff like custodians and cafeteria workers, along with the local teachers union, are set to walk out.
Unless a deal is reached, about 30,000 teachers' aides, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff are set to strike next week, and teachers will join them in solidarity.
Strike activity surged 50% in 2022, as workers clamored for higher pay, safer work conditions or recognition.
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A case argued before the Supreme Court this week threatens to make going on strike much riskier for employees.
Earlier Monday the district had cancelled classes Tuesday, the fifth school day that students have missed since the strike began Sept. 7.
The start of the school year has turned into an extended summer break for thousands of students in Seattle as public school teachers went on strike, leaving many parents scrambling for child care. Janet Shamlian has the details.
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Arizona teachers have some of the lowest salaries in the country — just one of the reasons they went on strike last year
They went on strike Thursday for the first time in 30 years, saying the school district is backtracking on promises
Public school teachers in Denver are expected to return to the bargaining table Tuesday amid their first strike in 25 years. Colorado is the seventh state where teachers have walked off the job in the past year. With Denver teachers on the picket line, about 71,000 students and their families are in limbo. Janet Shamlian reports.
Educators are planning to strike Monday after failed negotiations with the school district over base pay
Union members first took to picket lines Monday as attendance at Los Angeles schools is down
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Protesters lined the streets on Saturday as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle arrived at the immigration detention facility.
Tensions that simmered for months boiled over when the Justice Department and FBI issued a two-page statement this week saying that they had concluded that Jeffrey Epstein did not possess a "client list."
The two have criticized each other publicly for years, an often bitter back-and-forth that predates President Trump's involvement in politics.
Sources told CBS News that among those fired were paralegals who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith's office, finance and support staff, and two additional Justice Department prosecutors in North Carolina and Florida.
President Trump announced on social media that he is levying 30% tariffs against Mexico and the European Union. They are set to begin on Aug. 1.
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