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Put the signs down - The strike is over !

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Ken Piros

Community Manager, Ohio

Put the signs down - The strike is over !

Two weeks ago the school board increased their offer but the Union turned it down without bring it to a vote of the membership.
Last Thursday a rally was held by supporters of the school board announcing that 60 teachers decided that they were going to cross the picket lines and return to their classrooms.
Friday supporters of the teachers union and representatives of many other unions held a rally urging the union to stay strong and united.
On Sunday after a meeting between the two sides the union decided to being the proposal of the school board to the membership for a vote. The vote was held and was approved overwhelmingly by the membership to accept the school boards offer.

Teachers get a 10% pay increase but the school board will no longer pay 9% towards their pension.
Step pay increases ( Yearly pay increase based on longevity and not performance ) that were suspend last year due to lack of funds have been re-instated.
Teachers that make it through the school year will get a $2000 bonus yearly.
Teachers will now pay more for their healthcare insurance, pay for their vision and dental insurance. They use to only pay 10% towards their insurance but ObamaCare is hitting us hard with increased premiums, mine went up an additional 12% this year. Average workers portion of healthcare premiums for a family is around $500- $600 a month.
Teachers will work 184 days a year down from 186.
Average teachers salary before the strike was $68,000

Comentarios 10

Vitória Castelo Santos 09/07/2013 0:31
Teachers on strike?!.........i don`t understand it.....for me that`s a SHAME....there are teachers because there are pupils....If i had a teacher in strike i will never look in his face ...!
Last month there was a Teachers`s Strike too in Portugal and now there are pupils without holidays and parents in despair.:-((
Regards and thanks for your kind visit
Vitoria from Lisbon
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Silvana W. 18/05/2013 20:33
Excellent shot and information,Ken*
Thank you
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Massimo Gherardi 01/05/2013 11:17
You made an interesting documentary on this strike Ken. I notice that those kind of problems exist everywhere, and hope that better times will come for all of us.
Best regards, Massimo
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Harold Thompson 01/05/2013 8:49
Good that the strike is over hope it all works out :-)) Harold
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Sue Thompson 01/05/2013 8:37
Reading this I conclude that every government is having to make drastic cuts in order to TRY to sort out the economy of this troubled world. What happens in the US happens in Europe.......and it affects us all.....not in a good way.
It has been an interesting and enlightening series.

:))
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Gisa K. 30/04/2013 20:42
TOP
LG Gisa
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Glenn Capers 30/04/2013 16:36
A good illustration
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s. sabine krause 30/04/2013 16:03
good! i guess? for the sake of the children i hope things will be back to normal soon! it was very interesting to follow your photo series and updates on the strike, ken! greetings, sabine.
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OldsDrive 30/04/2013 15:30
Back to the salt mines now... :-))
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Udo
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R Kilduff 30/04/2013 14:33
Very happy that it is working out, Next time perhaps more will come. keep plugging.

Richard
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