Post by dgriffin on Jan 9, 2009 15:45:24 GMT -5
It's beginning.
Teachers Union In Los Angeles Accepts Pay Cut
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Published: February 27, 1993
The Los Angeles teachers union voted decisively today to accept a 10 percent pay cut as part of a compromise agreement that averts a strike on Monday over a salary dispute.
With the nation's second-largest school district critically ailing, its 32,000 teachers were asked in October to accept pay cuts averaging 12 percent, along with other district employees, to help make up for a $400 million deficit in its $3.9 billion budget.
Teachers Asked to Give Up Raise
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The school board in one Georgia county has asked teachers to give up the raise they received last year, saying the voluntary action could close a budget gap.
Because the teachers in Fayette County are not represented by a union, the decision is up to each one, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Teachers in a Maryland district returned their raise last year, with their union holding a vote.
Fayette County raised pay for its 1,800 teachers by 2.5 percent last spring. Since then, the suburban Atlanta district, with 24,000 students, has been hit hard by lost property tax revenues and cuts in state aid.
www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/07/District_asks_teachers_to_take_pay_cut/UPI-56521231305523/
Teachers swallow 4 percent salary cut
OAKLAND -- Teachers grudgingly accepted a new contract including a modest pay cut Monday in a move that will help rein in years of out- of-control spending by the school district.
Although teachers will take a pay cut of up to 4 percent, many will move up on the salary schedule at the same time, meaning they actually will get paid thousands of dollars more this year, teachers union President Sheila Quintana said.
"We stood up to the plate and said we're going to work through this deficit and try to minimize the impact on children," Quintana said. "I don't think you can ask any more of the teachers."
Teachers Union In Los Angeles Accepts Pay Cut
tinyurl.com/75d7e2
Published: February 27, 1993
The Los Angeles teachers union voted decisively today to accept a 10 percent pay cut as part of a compromise agreement that averts a strike on Monday over a salary dispute.
With the nation's second-largest school district critically ailing, its 32,000 teachers were asked in October to accept pay cuts averaging 12 percent, along with other district employees, to help make up for a $400 million deficit in its $3.9 billion budget.
Teachers Asked to Give Up Raise
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The school board in one Georgia county has asked teachers to give up the raise they received last year, saying the voluntary action could close a budget gap.
Because the teachers in Fayette County are not represented by a union, the decision is up to each one, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Teachers in a Maryland district returned their raise last year, with their union holding a vote.
Fayette County raised pay for its 1,800 teachers by 2.5 percent last spring. Since then, the suburban Atlanta district, with 24,000 students, has been hit hard by lost property tax revenues and cuts in state aid.
www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/07/District_asks_teachers_to_take_pay_cut/UPI-56521231305523/
Teachers swallow 4 percent salary cut
OAKLAND -- Teachers grudgingly accepted a new contract including a modest pay cut Monday in a move that will help rein in years of out- of-control spending by the school district.
Although teachers will take a pay cut of up to 4 percent, many will move up on the salary schedule at the same time, meaning they actually will get paid thousands of dollars more this year, teachers union President Sheila Quintana said.
"We stood up to the plate and said we're going to work through this deficit and try to minimize the impact on children," Quintana said. "I don't think you can ask any more of the teachers."
