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Portage students demand contract for teachersPORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — More than one hundred students at Portage Central High School held a protest Thursday morning to show support for their teachers.
Teachers at Portage Public Schools have been working without a contract since June.
Students hold signs during protest in Portage to support teachers.
Students stood outside the Portage schools Administrative Building starting at 7 a.m. holding signs which read “We value our teachers, do you?” and “We love and respect our teachers, so should you.”
The protest was organized to last ten minutes, from 7:35 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., to represent the amount of time that teachers are working without compensation every day, according to a student who spoke with 24 Hour News 8.
Many of the students wore green because their teachers have chosen that color to represent their cause.
http://woodtv.com/2014/10/30/portage-students-demand-contracts-for-teachers/
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It does my heart good to see students supporting teachers & teacher's rights in this manner. It makes me hopeful for the future--and the future of unions.
to all of the students that turned out this cold Michigan morning!!!