go to the bay area, on friday teachers there held a sickout where they called in sick to protest what they claimed was a lack of resources being provided to them by their school districts. listen to one of the teachers who organized that sickout speak about what he says is necessary for them to feel safe to come back to the classroom. >> we're not going to march ourselves into a known deathtrap. we're not going to continue to spread covid to our students or bring covid home to our families. if the only language the people in power understand is us withholding our labor because that's ultimately when they depend on, that's the language we'll speak. >> reporter: and that is the tool they've been using to demand more testing, more masks, and for school districts in the bay area to really take a look at how they can better equip themselves during these critical staffing shortages. phil, we can go to new york city, as well, where there's a battle with some teachers unions and some 30 new york lawmakers.