Deal Reached To End 3 Week Union City Teachers Strike

UNION CITY, CA — After three full weeks, the Union City teachers strike appears to be over. The New Haven Unified School District announced at 8 p.m. Friday that its negotiation team and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement. Teachers must vote to ratify the agreement. A union meeting and contract vote is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, at 12:30 p.m. If they vote in favor of the contract, teachers will be back int the classroom on Monday, the start of the last week of school.

According to a message from the school district, "The agreement will give NHTA members a 3 percent on-the-schedule pay increase effective January 1, 2019. This is an effective 1.5 percent increase for this 18/19 school year and a 3 percent increase moving forward in 19/20. Teachers will also receive a one-time, off-the-schedule pay increase of 2.5 percent for 18/19. For 2019/20, members will receive an additional 1 percent on-the-schedule pay increase effective July 1, 2019."

If the district receives additional funding, the agreement calls for extra pay for the teachers, up to an additional 1 percent.

While teachers will not receive pay for the three weeks of the strike, teachers who are scheduled to retire at the end of this school year will be allowed to perform extra duties during the summer in order to earn a full year of service credit for retirement.

"We are thrilled that our teachers will be back with their students where they, the community, and the District want them to be," the district said.

“It is the courage and determination of NHTA members on the picket lines and the thousands of supportive parents and community members that finally resulted in this tentative contract agreement,” said NHTA President Joe Ku’e Angeles in a statement.

The two sides spent 200 hours at the bargaining table during the strike, which began on Monday, May 20.

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