Molly Molthan 4/8

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/opinions/oklahoma-teacher-walkout-is-helping-public-employees-win-ellison-opinion/index.html

 Thousands of teachers in West Virginia and Oklahoma walked out of the classrooms and onto the state capital last week for protesting decades of stagnant wages.  The average teacher salary in West Virginia this year was less than it was 18 years ago, and this is very concerning.  As a result of the budget crisis, many school districts in Oklahoma had to cut a full school day. The Oklahoma Legislature has been cutting education spending for years, and over the past 10 years the student funding has  dropped by nearly 30% when  the state adjusted for inflation.  As a result of this, many Oklahoma students have experienced textbook shortages, outdated learning materials, and poor learning environments.
This relates to  United States history because there has been many walkouts so far this year like the March for our Lives, Black Lives Matter, The Women’s March, and Americans protesting the end of the Affordable Care Act. The sanitation workers strike was 50 years ago and is very similar to what is occurring today.  Also, 1968 more than 1000 garbage collectors walked off the job to protest poverty wages. There have been many worker strikes for over 50 years and it is very concerning that not much has changed in our country.