Oakland teachers strike ends with tentative contract deal
Posted Mar 1, 2019 05:54:41 PM.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — School leaders and teachers in Oakland, California, have reached a tentative deal to end a week-long strike.
The school district said Friday that teachers will receive an 11 per cent salary increase plus a one-time 3 per cent bonus.
Oakland’s 3,000 teachers walked off the job Feb. 21 to demand higher pay, smaller class sizes and more school resources.
The city’s 86 schools stayed open, staffed by a skeleton crew of substitutes and administrators but most students stayed away in support for their striking teachers.
The walkout affected 36,000 students in 86 schools.
The Associated Press
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