*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Teacher Walkouts Threaten Republican Grip on Conservative States Author: DANA GOLDSTEIN https://www.nytimes.com/by/dana-goldstein and ALEXANDER BURNS https://www.nytimes.com/by/alexander-burns

*Source: *NY Times

*Date:* April 12, 2018 Summary: As Arizona teachers laid the groundwork this week for a walkout, thousands of Oklahoma teachers stayed out of the classroom to protest low school budgets, and some in Kentucky continued their protests against a pension reform bill. Last month, West Virginia’s Republican-controlled government made concessions to striking teachers.

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