6,000 Seattle educators are striking for better pay, benefits and working conditions. Via 19thnews
, 20 miles away from Seattle, wrapped up their strike Wednesday after walking out in late August. Seattle, though, stands out as the second big city union to announce a strike in recent weeks, with Columbus, Ohio, educators in August briefly striking for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Seattle teachers last went on strike in 2015 with demands about their salaries, evaluations and work hours, among others. Seven years later, their wages remain a sticking point. Paraprofessionals make a starting salary of about $19 per hour, while. For Keegan, a single parent who finished their second school year for Seattle Public Schools in the spring, it can be a struggle to balance their salary and bills related to child care and student loans.
Economist Stephanie Seguino argues that one reason educator salaries are lower than others that require teaching’s level of expertise is because women constitute the majority of people in the field. Almost 80 percent of the National Education Association’s 3 million members are women.in spring. “And that has to do with, really, what we live in is a gender caste system. Amongst economists, I would call it stratification, where there’s a gender hierarchy, just like there is a racial hierarchy.
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