{"id":1622832,"date":"2022-08-26T10:16:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1622832"},"modified":"2022-08-26T10:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:16:16","slug":"ohios-tim-ryan-backs-teachers-union-in-last-minute-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohios-tim-ryan-backs-teachers-union-in-last-minute-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio\u2019s Tim Ryan Backs Teachers\u2019 Union in Last-Minute Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohios-tim-ryan-backs-teachers-union-in-last-minute-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1622832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Ryan joins picket line as teachers strike day before school set to begin<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tPhoto via Columbus Education Association\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/joseph-simonson\/\" title=\"Posts by Joseph Simonson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Joseph Simonson<\/a> \u2022 August 25, 2022 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A teachers strike in Ohio has transformed into a microcosm of how the state\u2019s two Senate candidates view public education, with Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan walking the picket lines and Republican J.D. Vance blasting the union for harming children.<\/p>\n<p>The Columbus Education Association called a strike on Sunday, just days before the school year was set to begin, citing lack of a &#8220;fair contract&#8221; as well as &#8220;functional heating and air-conditioning&#8221; in a small number of classrooms. Teachers are also demanding an 8 percent annual salary hike over several years, while the city is offering a 3 percent hike.<\/p>\n<p>Students, whose school year began Wednesday, will now be forced to attend class online. Sports and other extracurriculars are canceled until the strike ends.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan and Vance have taken contrasting positions on the strike, in a familiar debate reminiscent of when schools shut down across the country in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic due to teacher union demands. Myriad studies show those shutdowns caused tremendous damage to children&#8217;s development and contributed to a dramatic increase in child suicide attempts.<\/p>\n<p>But union support is critical for Ryan\u2019s chances of winning a Senate seat in a state that voted for former president Donald Trump by 8 points twice. That dynamic however, clashes with Ryan\u2019s campaign\u2019s message that he\u2019s a centrist who hopes to win over Republican voters, many of whom saw school closures as ineffective and an abuse of power by government bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our kids have lost so much ground,&#8221; Ryan said Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRyan\/status\/1562175606644772864?s=20&amp;t=4v7TMutRPV6bJOvBPyDMnw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Twitter<\/a>. &#8220;They need to get back in the classroom. But they can&#8217;t learn in extreme temps, leaky buildings or packed classes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ryan is a top recipient\u00a0of donations from teachers&#8217; unions, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/industries\/pacrecips.php?ind=L1300&amp;cycle=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign finance disclosure documents<\/a>. Ryan\u2019s education plan\u00a0for his failed 2020 presidential bid, which included <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.4president.org\/2020\/2019\/07\/tim-ryan-unveils-new-plan-to-revamp-public-education-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">billions of dollars<\/a> of more funding for things such as &#8220;social-emotional learning programs&#8221; and &#8220;housing assistance,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1146526468828254208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earned the support<\/a> of controversial teachers&#8217; union president Randi Weingarten.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s campaign did not answer an inquiry from the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Columbus Education Association told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that it welcomes Ryan\u2019s attendance at the strike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Columbus Education Association is grateful for Rep. Tim Ryan\u2019s support as our teachers continue to fight for the safe, properly maintained, fully resourced schools Columbus students deserve,&#8221; a spokeswoman for the union said.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s campaign also shared a fundraiser for the striking teachers. Those funds would help teachers stay off the job by providing lost income.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vance accused Ryan of fighting for &#8220;special interests that fund his campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tim Ryan and the union bosses he serves are deliberately misleading teachers, parents and students,&#8221; Vance said in a statement. &#8220;We know far too well from the past two years that \u2018online learning\u2019 is horrible for students, families, and communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/glenn.osu.edu\/how-covid-19-pandemic-affected-student-learning-ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> from Ohio State University found that COVID-19 education restrictions resulted in students there &#8220;missing one half to one full year\u2019s worth of learning in math \u2026 and between one-third and one-half of a year\u2019s worth of learning in English language arts.&#8221; The effects of school shutdowns were particularly profound in &#8220;disadvantaged students,&#8221; researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan will face Vance in November. Recent polling shows Vance pulling ahead in the match up. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/oh\/ohio_senate_vance_vs_ryan-7624.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> average<\/a> of polls in the last two months has Vance leading by nearly 4 points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Ryan joins picket line as teachers strike day before school set to begin  Photo via Columbus Education Association  Joseph Simonson \u2022 August 25, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1891473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1622832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/ohios-tim-ryan-backs-teachers-union-in-last-minute-strike\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1622832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}