'Don't back down until you and students get what you need.' CEA teachers strike reactions

Joe Harrington, The Columbus Dispatch
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Columbus Education Association spokesperson Regina Fuentes said the strike vote was 94 percent positive for a strike. She spoke outside the Columbus Downtown High School. The Columbus City Schools teachers union voted to strike Sunday, August 21, 2022.

Columbus City school teachers went on strike Monday after 94% of Columbus Education Association members voted for the work stoppage on Sunday.

It's the first strike for the Columbus Education Association teachers since 1975.

There are nearly 4,500 members in the union, which represent teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists and other education professionals.

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Columbus Education Association president John Coneglio greeted members who joined pickets lines at Yorktown Middle School on Monday:

On Twitter, the strike had both supporters and those who criticized the move and called for teachers to be fired.

Here is what people on Twitter had to say about the strike, which had picket lines at 19 schools across 20 locations on Monday.

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