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# Teachers in Three States Vote to Authorise Strikes
- URL: https://dispatch.themesbykyle.com/teachers-in-three-states-vote-to-authorise-strikes/
- Published: 2026-11-08T05:57:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-13T16:10:25.000Z
- Description: Class sizes, pay and school funding formulas are driving a wave of walkout votes ahead of the new term.
- Author: Tomás Herrera
- Tags: Activism, Labor

Teachers in three states have voted to authorise strikes, with margins of more than 90 percent in two of them.

The disputes share a theme: class sizes that have crept up while budgets have not. In one district, a typical elementary classroom now holds 34 students, up from 27 five years ago.

Union leaders stress that a strike remains a last resort. Negotiations continue in all three states, and a mediator has been appointed in one. Parents’ groups have largely backed the teachers, organising food banks and community childcare in case schools close.