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Teachers strike remains possible; Harmony-Emge leaders, union still have no deal - From the online desk - bnd.com

Teachers strike remains possible; Harmony-Emge leaders, union still have no deal - From the online desk - bnd.com

Teachers strike remains possible; Harmony-Emge leaders, union still have no deal

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BELLEVILLE -- A teachers strike looms on the horizon for the Harmony-Emge School District 175 after negotiators for the district and its teachers union met for five hours Saturday without a breakthrough.

Both sides have agreed not disclose the status of negotiations until after a meeting of the Illinois Federation of Teachers bargaining unit for District 175, said Christi Flaherty, the lawyer representing the school district.

Flaherty noted that District 175 school board is set to meet at 7 p.m. Monday "and hopefully



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