Teachers union representatives in San Antonio, Texas say they support the proposed legislation, which calls for a $15,000 pay increase for instructors.
Members from the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, and numerous other union-affiliated figures came out to support the Starbucks workers. District 2 and District 5 council members Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and Teri Castillo also attended the event.
Activists marched in the blazing heat along downtown streets where they took part in a rally calling for gun control in the wake of yet another mass shooting.
Across the state, teachers in Texas are finishing out one of the toughest years they have ever seen. A global pandemic closed schools and forced more than 5 million public school students onto laptops and desktop computers at home.