In the recent teacher strike in Oklahoma, members of the OEA have been preforming marches and rallies to campaign for a $10000 dollar raise for all teachers, a $5000 dollar raise for teacher's assistants, a raise for all public employees, and a raise in funding for public schools. The recent strikes have been discussed in the Red State Revolts Action page that is linked at the bottom of this section, but after seeing the success of public school teachers in West Virginia during their strike, a Facebook page was started in Oklahoma by teachers that gained popularity and with the help of leaders in the OEA, the strike began. Teachers cited the fact that they often had to take up second jobs to support their families financially and as a resulted demanded the specific salary increase noted above. One teacher also posted a picture of dilapidated textbooks in her classroom that went viral on Twitter. This image signifies another of the demands by teachers, which was for greater funding for public schools, as teachers will often spend their own hard-earned money to make sure that their classrooms are adequately supplied with items necessary for children to learn. https://socialmovements.trinity.duke.edu/actions/red-state-revolts
The OEA actively maintains several social media accounts such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as an extensive website that it utilizes to communicate with it members and followers. The OEA also has annual meetings that members can attend to stay informed on the groups activities. The OEA also communicates face-to-face with members of the Oklahoman government and education when trying to iterate its goals.
Through the teacher protests in Oklahoma described in the Red-State Revolt action page, the public school teachers in Oklahoma were able to show that public employees can make a profound impact on a state government's policy and as a result generated a new space for all public employees nationwide to have their voices heard and make an impact on legislation.
