Oakland teachers are expected to strike again on Monday – the third day of walkouts affecting 34,000 children across the city.
“Please prepare for the strike to continue Monday,” the teachers’ union, the Oakland Education Association, posted on Facebook on Sunday afternoon. “Our bargaining team is working hard. We will let you know as soon as possible if the district makes the movement necessary to reach an agreement.
Monday’s anticipated strike would come after days of negotiation between the district and the union – on top of mediation efforts led by the state superintendent of education, Tony Thurmond. The impasse is largely due to the union’s focus on “common good” demands, which aim to address broader societal issues facing students across the city — like homelessness, racial justice, and environmental concerns.
The union’s common good demands include smaller class sizes, free student transportation, housing for homeless students, and creating school-site committees to share decision-making among administrators, faculty, and families. The union is also asking for school safety improvements that include more staff trained to de-escalate mental health crises and school time dedicated to fostering a positive social climate.
“These things need to be handled in a different way,” Young said Sunday. “The list of things folks want to be right in the district is so long that they’ll never go back to school if striking is the mechanism.”
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