'Fed up': Louisiana teacher questionnaire finds support for mass protests, walkout

About 60 percent of teachers surveyed said they favor a statewide walkout or strike to land a "significant" pay raise, leaders of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers said Monday.

Also, 59 percent said they would back a "mass demonstration" at the State Capitol, according to the survey.

"Our survey shows that teachers are fed up, not just with low pay but also with a lack of resources, crumbling facilities, poor student discipline and a lack of parental involvement," LFT President Larry Carter told reporters.

The 16-question survey, which included nearly 4,000 teachers, comes at a time when teachers have held strikes and other action in Oklahoma, West Virginia and Arizona to demand higher pay.

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