Call for Teacher Strikes Adds Pressure to School Reopening Talks

Teachers should consider striking if schools don’t require masks and fall short on other steps to ensure health and safety, the nation’s second-largest teachers union said Tuesday, adding pressure to schools already facing Republicans’ calls to reopen.

The American Federation of Teachers’ executive council decided in a vote last week that “nothing is off the table—not advocacy or protests, negotiations, grievances or lawsuits, or, if necessary and authorized by a local union, as a last resort, safety strikes,” President Randi Weingarten said in a speech to members Tuesday.

Elected officials and educators are debating the merits of resuming in-person classes ...