Striking Oakland teachers reach deal to end walkout, includes 11% pay raise
Oakland Technical High School teacher Cris Bautista pickets in front of the school Friday in Oakland, California, where teachers reached a contact agreement with the school district to end a week-long walkout.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.OAKLAND, Calif. — Striking teachers in Oakland, California, reached a contract agreement Friday with district officials to end a week-long walkout.
"On Monday, March 4, we look forward to everyone being together again in the classroom," Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell Among their demands was a 12 percent retroactive raise covering 2017 to 2020 to compensate for what they say are among the lowest salaries for public school teachers in the expensive San Francisco Bay Area.
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