sickout

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They recruited some students with large social media followings to share the petition online, and by Thursday, the first day of the student sickout, the petition had more than 1,200 names.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

Last-minute closures in Seattle Public Schools this week have prompted students to organize a sickout, threaten a strike, demand improved safety protocols and call for more transparency from the state’s largest school district.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022

The move by students within the district comes after teachers staged a "sickout" on Jan. 7.

From Fox News • Jan. 13, 2022

In Oakland, where Bacigalupi lives, schools did not reopen until August 2021, and a teacher sickout protesting conditions closed them for one day last week.

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2022

The teachers union, Oakland Education Assn., did not sanction or become involved in the sickout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2022