Big Education Ape: Teachers vote on labor proposal; results TBD The Education Report

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

By Katy Murphy
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at 8:53 pm in OEA, OUSD central office, strike, teachers
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I spent an hour outside a membership meeting at Oakland Technical High School this evening, talking with teachers about the labor dispute — and the big vote on a proposal that would authorize union leaders to call further actions, including a strike.

(An amendment to tonight’s proposal requires an indefinite strike to be approved by a majority of the union representatives at each school, in addition to the union’s 15-member executive board. Tonight’s vote tally should be available by late afternoon/early evening tomorrow.)

Here’s what some of them told me:

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