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TexasTowelie

(116,876 posts) Fri Mar 30, 2018, 03:31 AM Mar 2018

Red-state teacher rebellion hits Oklahoma, grows in Arizona

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A teacher rebellion that started in the hills of West Virginia spread like a prairie fire to Oklahoma this week and now threatens to reach the desert in Arizona.

In the deep red state of Oklahoma, the Republican-led Legislature approved money for teacher raises and more school funding, even hiking taxes on the vaunted oil and gas industry to do it. Republican Governor Mary Fallin rushed to sign the measures into law Thursday.

Oklahoma teachers were inspired by West Virginia, another red state where a 9-day strike led to 5-percent teacher raises. Oklahoma teachers haven't had a raise in a decade of Republican control and they won raises of between 15 and 18 percent. Now, teachers in Arizona thronged their GOP-run Capitol this week, demanding a 20 percent teacher pay hike.

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In Oklahoma, the tax hikes on cigarettes, fuel and oil and gas production will be enough for raises averaging about $6,100 annually, as well as funding boosts for schools, support personnel and state workers.

Read more: https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/ap/state/red-state-teacher-rebellion-hits-oklahoma-grows-in-arizona/article_193386ae-d9fa-588d-b264-b5b7d16dc311.html

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Red-state teacher rebellion hits Oklahoma, grows in Arizona (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP

Ariona will be a tough one for the teachers, but not impossible. beachbum bob Mar 2018 #1

The battle is heated on social media in OK Runningdawg Mar 2018 #2

How would they die? BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #3

He was speaking of the teachers and their supporters Runningdawg Mar 2018 #4

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. Ariona will be a tough one for the teachers, but not impossible.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 06:13 AM

Mar 2018

Would be a significant win in a "right to work" for LOW PAY state

Runningdawg

(4,618 posts)

2. The battle is heated on social media in OK

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 08:33 AM

Mar 2018

Tulsa teachers plan to walk to the capitol in OKC as a protest. A commentator on a local news channel's FB page said "people are going to die". He was reported - hopefully more than once!

BigmanPigman

(52,292 posts)

3. How would they die?

Reply to Runningdawg (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 02:50 PM

Mar 2018

Are they students who need a decent grade and "will die since my parents won't let me have the keys to the car since I got a D+"? These adult commentators need to go back to school since their education is apparently not complete. I wonder how much they make, how many degrees they are required to have, how many hours they work a week and how much their health care and retirement are paid for by their employers? Also, how much responsibility due they have being in charge of 30 young people day in and day out? If teachers got paid what babysitters make per student they would be making $200,000+ a year instead of less than $50,000 and they would not have huge college loans, be sick ALL THE TIME, fearful of guns, etc.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/2/21/948224/-

Runningdawg

(4,618 posts)

4. He was speaking of the teachers and their supporters

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 07:27 PM

Mar 2018

who will be walking alongside a busy interstate for the aprox. 120 miles from Tulsa to OKC to a rally at the state capitol. Umm...he didn't specify HOW they were going to die, but myself and others in the thread felt he insinuated that he would run them over.

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