Episode
VICE News Tonight: Episode 23
Overview
This Monday, public school teachers in Denver launched a strike to protest ProComp, a performance-based compensation system that went into effect in 2005. VICE News heads to the picket lines to witness the city's first teacher strike in 25 years. Watch Mondays through Thursdays at 7:30 PM ET.
Details
- Series
- VICE News Tonight
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2019-02-12
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Episode 23 is Episode 23 in Season 3 of VICE News Tonight. It aired on 2019-02-12. The runtime is 25 min.
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