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Minneapolis teachers go on strike after contract talks fail

Rebecca Pringle, president of the National Education Association, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Justice Page Middle School in Minneapolis. Teachers in the Minneapolis School District walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, class sizes and mental health support for students coping with two years of the coronavirus pandemic, at least temporarily pausing classes for about 29,000 students in one of Minnesota's largest school districts. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP) Dozens of educators on strike picket outside Justice Page Middle School in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Teachers in the Minneapolis School District walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, class sizes and mental health support for students coping with two years of the coronavirus pandemic, at least temporarily pausing classes for about 29,000 students in one of Minnesota's largest school districts. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP) Dozens of educators on strike picket outside Justice Page Middle School in Minneapolis on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Teachers in the Minneapolis School District walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, class sizes and mental health support for students coping with two years of the coronavirus pandemic, at least temporarily pausing classes for about 29,000 students in one of Minnesota's largest school districts. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP) Minneapolis teachers and supporters picket at 34th street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Teachers walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, class sizes and mental health support for students coping with two years of the coronavirus pandemic, at least temporarily pausing classes for about 29,000 students in one of Minnesota's largest school districts. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP) Minneapolis teachers and supporters picket at 34th street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Teachers walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, class sizes and mental health support for students coping with two years of the coronavirus pandemic, at least temporarily pausing classes for about 29,000 students in one of Minnesota's largest school districts. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP) Minneapolis teachers and supporters picket at 34th street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Teachers walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, class sizes and mental health support for students coping with two years of the coronavirus pandemic, at least temporarily pausing classes for about 29,000 students in one of Minnesota's largest school districts. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP) Erin Zielinski sits for a portrait at her home on Monday March 7, 2022, in Minneapolis. Zielinski, who has a daughter in first grade in a Minneapolis elementary school, is among parents who will have to figure out what to do with their children if teachers in Minneapolis go on strike as early as Tuesday over wages, class sizes and mental health services for students. Teachers in nearby St. Paul are also weighing a possible strike. (AP Photo/Doug Glass) Greta Callahan, of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, speaks to Twin Cities teachers and their supporters Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 in Minneapolis. Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools could go on strike as early as Tuesday, March 8, 2022, over demands for higher wages, smaller class sizes and more mental health services. (Hannah Hobus/Pioneer Press via AP)