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Jan 20 2024
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Negotiations continue this weekend amid Newton teacher strike
After a strike forced Newton schools to close Friday, teachers and city officials spent Saturday continuing to negotiate. According to the city, they plan to continue the process on Sunday. “The School Committee negotiating team bargained with the Newton Teachers Association and a mediator all day and will continue tomorrow to reach a competitive and sustainable contract. Our teachers deserve
WCVBNov 10 2023
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Andover teacher strike extends into weekend
ANDOVER, Mass — The teacher’s strike in Andover will extend into the weekend. Although the Andover Education Association and the School Committee met for eight hours, a deal was not reached Friday, a union spokesperson told Boston 25 News. “Our strike vote has initiated the kind of bargaining we have wanted for months. We have a lot of ground to cover, but both sides are talking and that is
Boston 25 NewsNov 08 2023
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The Portland teachers strike enters the boardroom
Several hundred educators and supporters rallied outside Portland Public Schools headquarters Tuesday evening before the first PPS school board meeting since the district’s first-ever teachers strike began. The rally brought the picketing directly to its elected leaders. “It’s day five of the strike, and guess what, y’all? We are winning,” Angela Bonilla, president of the Portland Association
Oregon Public BroadcastingMar 15 2024
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Student files lawsuit against 3 Rutgers University unions over 2023 teacher strike
A Rutgers University junior has filed a $150 million suit against three university unions for a strike that resulted in a cancellation of classes for a week in April 2023. The student, Jeremy Li, is seeking emotional and financial damages for the 67,000 students who didn't attend classes for a week during the spring semester due to the union strikes. Li, who is being represented by the law
News 12 New JerseyApr 30 2024
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MSCS to inject additional $28.4M into teacher pay, bring starting teacher salary to $50K
Memphis-Shelby County Schools teachers are poised to get a pay boost in the coming months. During a meeting on Tuesday evening, the MSCS board unanimously approved the school district’s latest teacher memorandum of understanding, which is set to inject an additional $28.4 million into teacher salaries in the 2024-25 academic year. The move will bring the starting annual teacher salary to $50,
The Commercial AppealNov 01 2023
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Portland Teachers Begin Strike Today
(Portland, OR) -- Portland Public Schools teachers are hitting the picket lines. The Portland Association of Teachers called for a strike last night following months of failed contract negotiations. The strike begins this morning. The teachers union says the district's final offer did not make any "real investments" to "build safe, properly maintained and fully resourced schools in every
KBNDFeb 02 2024
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Newton teachers reach a deal with school committee, ends strike
After drawn-out negotiations that cancelled school for nearly 12,000 Newton Public Schools students for two full weeks, the Newton Teachers Association and school committee reached a deal on a new four-year teacher contract Friday evening. Speaking at a press conference Friday evening, union leaders said the new contract secures the organizations top priorities. It includes an increase in the
WBURJan 31 2024
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In Newton, nine days of a bitter teachers strike take their toll
In Newton, nine days of a bitter teachers strike take their toll
School has been cancelled for nine straight days in Newton, where teachers are on strike. What does that mean for kids?
Radio Boston talks with WBUR senior education reporter Carrie Jung, as well as Mary Walsh, executive director of student support initiative City Connects at Boston College.
WBURJan 30 2024
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Newton schools to remain closed Wednesday as teacher strike persists
Newton Public Schools students will remain home for a ninth school day on Wednesday amid the longest teacher strike in Massachusetts since the 1990s — and fines crossing the half-million mark. The Newton School Committee and the Newton Teachers Association came closer to an agreement by Tuesday, with the district increasing its offered salary increases and the union dropping its ask for an
The Boston Globe