Kids Over Corporations Rally, organized by the North Carolina Association of Educators, will rally teachers at the state capitol while abandoning students by the thousands in classrooms on Friday.
The three largest districts lead a growing list, as of Tuesday morning, where the requested absences on a normal school day will in turn not leave enough substitute teachers to cover classrooms. Funding for public schools, better teacher pay and an end to universal school choice are being championed by the NCAE, an organization not formally a union but every bit as much aligned with the National Education Association led by President Becky Pringle and the American Federation of Teachers led by President Randi Weingarten.
According to the state’s General Statutes in Chapter 95, strikes by public employees are illegal. This includes teachers, state employees and local government workers. Participation can lead to termination.
