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Vol. 82/No. 19 May 14, 2018
Denver rallies demand school funding, pay raises
Militant/Jacquie Henderson
DENVER — Teachers, school workers and their supporters rallied outside
the state Capitol here April 27. Some 10,000 turned out to demand more
funding for public schools, higher wages and to oppose efforts by
legislators to cut their pensions. The action followed a rally of 2,500
the previous day.
“I am here to protest economic inequality. It has reached the tipping
point,” Ryan Bauer, a sixth-grade science teacher, told the Militant.
“We need an economy that serves everyone, not just the wealthy.”
One popular sign caught this sentiment, saying, “A teachers place is in
the resistance.” It had a picture of Rosie the Riveter along with the
symbol of the resistance movement against the empire from the Star Wars
movies.
East High School teachers organized a feeder march from their school and
were cheered when they arrived. Teachers from the Pueblo Education
Association were a prominent contingent at the rally. They recently
voted to strike over school funding and wages.
“We don’t live in a democracy,” Barbara Stein, who taught sociology
before retiring, told the Militant. “The Democrats and Republicans don’t
represent us.”
— DAN FEIN
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