Philly teachers to Corbett: 'We will not settle'
Philadelphia teachers rallied in North Philadelphia today against the school district's demands for union concessions. The district has asked for $133 million a year in give-backs and changes to work rules.
About 60 teachers and their allies showed up at Julia De Burgos Elementary School, where they heard from Evette Jones, a teacher and union leader.
"Our school employees should not have to continue to pay for years of financial mismanagement and misspending. We have to tell them that we will not settle for anything less."
Passing drivers honked their horns at the assembled crowd.
Laid-off reading specialist Sue Barksdale said she's a casualty of the school district's efforts to close its looming budget gap.
"Twenty-three years I've been [teachi
