UPDATE The Oakland teachers union announced on Monday they will go on a strike if no deal is reached with the school district by Thursday, May 4.
May 1 commemorates the struggles of the labor movement. On Monday, both the teachers union and the Oakland School District continued negotiating to avoid a strike with only 25 days before the end of the school year.The signs are stacked at union headquarters and a strike kit has been given to representatives at each school."They're going to school if they do strike, my kids are going to school.
"I wanna work, I want to deal with the kids and I do want to help them out - how can I do this if I can't pay my bills at the same time. I'm not getting enough for me to do what I need to do," added Landry. The union is asking for a 23% pay raise across the board. But the district has offered a 22% increase for the most tenured teachers and staff, calling it "structured salary increases." That would put them at the higher end of the pay scale in the region. But it also means that new instructors, counselors and early childhood education teachers, among others, would receive a lower pay raise.
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