Hundreds of teachers at Sacramento City Unified walk out on one-day strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Sacramento Bee

BY SAWSAN MORRAR, BENJY EGEL, AND ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS

Hundreds of teachers across the Sacramento Unified School District walked out of their classrooms and onto picket lines Thursday morning for the first time in 30 years, staging a one-day strike alleging unfair labor practices by the district.

The Sacramento City Teachers Association expected a majority of its 2,500 teachers to join the walkout.

The district, which serves 42,000 students, told parents in advance that schools would be open and classes would be appropriately staffed. A normal school day was scheduled, with regular attendance monitoring, bus service, meals and programs.

Rosa Parks Elementary School teacher John Brindley greeted his 6th grade students with fist bumps as they walked onto campus Thursday morning, but remained out front with a protest sign rather than join them in the classroom.

Read more: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article229091089.html

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[rustysgurl]

1. A friend is deeply involved in this ...

... strike. The teachers union just want the district to honor the contract they negotiated last year. Word from the strike: students are communicating with teachers outside, saying that there are NO substitute teachers being provided and students are simply being supervised in the library, gymnasium and auditorium.

[BigmanPigman]

2. That's what they did with students in San Diego

in 1994-5. The press was saying the kids were being taught by subs who crossed the line. I didn't and that is why my fellow teachers wanted me on their site when they finally hired teachers the following year. The people who crossed the line got crap assignments since the other permanent teachers remember who supported them. Finally a sub was found to actually be a 17 year old student and had tricked the school district. Another woman had an arrest record, etc. When this got on the news the district was put under pressure to honor the contract which they had broken for 5 years.