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Sacramento City schools, teachers union reach deal

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By Melody Gutierrez
mgutierrez@sacbee.com

Published: Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

A stalemate between the Sacramento City Unified School District and its teachers union ended Monday after officials signed an agreement with considerable concessions by the Sacramento City Teachers Association.

The givebacks include pay cuts over two years, changes in health benefit payments, increasing how many years employees must work before becoming vested, and giving the district more flexibility over the calendar.

The two-year agreement ends months of contentious negotiations, which had appeared to be deadlocked until the last two weeks. SCTA members will vote this week on whether to accept the agreement before it moves on to the school board for approval.

SCTA President Linda Tuttle said the union decided to give because it had "real concerns that schools stay open."

SCTA, known for its hard-line tactics, becomes the latest teachers union to offer concessions to cash-starved school districts. Earlier this month, Elk Grove Unified teachers overwhelmingly

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/15/2822726/union-district-reach-pact.html#ixzz0qvFSE3HW

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