‘The Party Won’t Stop’ Until Union Demands Are Met, Striking Portland Teachers Say as Students Stay Home

Nearly 50,000 Portland public school students haven’t been able to attend school at all in November.

AP/Claire Rush, file
Teachers and their supporters on the first day of a teachers' strike at Portland, Oregon, November 1, 2023. AP/Claire Rush, file

Nearly 50,000 Portland public school students haven’t been able to attend school in November even as the union organizing the teachers’ strike is throwing tailgate and dance parties. 

The Portland Association of Teachers, which represents about 3,700 teachers and public school employees, is demanding higher pay, reduced class sizes, and professional development training, including “racial equity and implicit bias” training. The school district says implementing the union’s demands would be too costly.

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