US EditionSan Francisco Public Schoolteachers Strike over Wages and Health Benefits
The strike demands include a 9% raise over two years and fully funded family healthcare amid a $100 million district deficit, impacting 50,000 students.
- On Monday, United Educators of San Francisco began a citywide strike, closing SFUSD schools and marking the first teachers' strike in nearly 50 years.
- Following weekend negotiations, United Educators of San Francisco demanded fully funded family health care and salary increases, but district negotiators offered a 6% raise and a $24,000 health allowance.
- The district prepared contingency services including meal distribution, childcare, and independent-study packets at about 30 sites, while other unions authorized sympathy strikes, including the United Administrators and SEIU Local 1021; SFUSD also assigned work locations and sent confusing emails some viewed as strike undermining.
- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie urged the union to pause the strike, with Nancy Pelosi calling for more talks; SFUSD negotiators scheduled to meet at noon Monday with no end date set.
- Despite record-high per-student funding, a fact-finding report recommended 3% raises and found dependent coverage not feasible, while teachers with families pay about $1,200, rising soon to about $1,500, and about five percent of income for health insurance.
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San Francisco teachers strike over wages, health benefits
About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city’s first such walkout in nearly 50 years. The strike comes after teachers and the district failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health benefits, and more resources for students with special needs. The San Francisco Unified School District closed all 120 of its schools and said it would offer independent study to some of its 50,000 students. “We will cont…
6K San Francisco Teachers Strike Over Wages, Staffing
About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city's first such walkout in nearly 50 years. Teachers and the school district had failed to reach an agreement over higher wages, health benefits, and more resources for students with special needs in last-ditch negotiations over the...
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