2019 Virginia teachers' walkout

The 2019 Virginia teachers' walkout (also known as RedForEd)^[1][2][3][4] is a teachers' walkout and protest that began on January 28, 2019, with teachers in Virginia walking out in protest of low school budgets and low teacher wages outside of Northern Virginia.

2019 Virginia teachers' walkout
Part of the 2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States
Date	January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Methods	Occupation Demonstrations Internet activism Walkout
Resulted in	5% pay raise for teachers
Parties
AFL–CIO American Federation of Teachers Fairfax Education Association Fairfax County Federation of Teachers Industrial Workers of the World Virginia Education Association Government of Virginia
Lead figures
Jim Livingston James Fedderman Kimberly Adams Ralph Northam Justin Fairfax Steve Newman Kirk Cox

Background

The walkout was influenced in part of the larger wave of teachers' strikes in the United States,^[5] especially in the wake of the teacher's strike in Los Angeles.^[6]

Response

The Virginia House of Delegates' leadership proposed in the 2019–20 fiscal budget a five percent pay raise for teachers across the Commonwealth.^[7][8][9]

See also

• VCUarts adjunct workers' protests