Union City Teachers Strike To Continue Tuesday

UNION CITY, CA — New Haven Unified School District schools in Union City were open Monday, the first day of a teachers strike by the teacher's union, but hardly any kids showed up for school. The district reports that about 80 percent of students were absent on Monday.

No new negotiations are currently scheduled.

The New Haven Teachers Association, the teachers union, rejected the district's last, best, and final offer of a 3 percent off-the schedule, one-time pay increase for this year and a permanent 1 percent on-the-schedule pay increase for 2019-20.

The district's offer also included language in the contract that would allocate additional ongoing salary increases should the District receive additional money from the State.

The union rejected the offer without countering.

“We are disappointed that NHTA did not accept our most recent offer. We believed that itreflected our intention to settle the strike and get our teachers back into the classroom. Weunderstand the immediate impact a strike has on the community and the long-term impact it canhave on the employees in our system. We will continue to work on reaching an agreement withour teachers,” said District Superintendent, Dr. Arlando Smith.

The district argues that New Haven teachers are already the highest paid in Alameda County when considering total compensation. Teachers are asking for a 10 percent raise over this school year and next.

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