No deal yet as strike drags on
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The Intelligencer
North Penn schools - Teacher Strike
No new talks were planned for the weekend, and odds looked good that teachers would return to the picket line on Monday.
With no plans for weekend bargaining and both sides sticking to their latest proposals, odds looked good Friday afternoon for the North Penn teacher strike carrying into a second week.
North Penn Education Association President Alan Malachowski said union representatives were willing to meet any time over the weekend; school board President Vince Sherpinsky said there was no reason to believe that would happen unless teacher negotiators made significant changes to their proposal.
Teachers have been on the picket line since Monday and two meetings between their union and the school board this week brought their bargaining positions only $37,000