No Deal On 3rd Day Of O.C. Teachers Strike
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Mediators led negotiations for about 5 1/2 hours as the Capistrano Unified School District strike over pay cuts saw its third day.
Talks were set to resume Sunday afternoon. If an agreement can't be reached, the union says teachers will return to the picket lines Monday.
"We are prepared to go back tomorrow and we're encouraged the talks are going to go on," union spokesman Bill Guy said. "There is some progress being made."
Almost three-quarters of the 52,000 students in the South Orange County district stayed home from the district's 56 campuses on Friday.
Nearly 90 percent of the district's 2,200 instructors went on strike Thursday and Friday. About 11 percent of teachers crossed picket lines to report for work Friday, down from 12 percent on Thursday, the district said. Schools are being staffed by substitute teachers.
The Capistrano Unified Education Association, which represents the district's teachers,