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The 2020 Wildcat Teacher Sick-Out That Shut Down NYC Schools
Four years ago this month, educators in NYC public schools organized an illegal sick-out to shut down schools as COVID-19 was breaking out in the city. Three rank-and-file teachers reflect on lessons from the strike for educators and other workers today.