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Wave of strikes ‘no coincidence’ BY CAROLYN JONES CalMatters
If your child’s teacher hasn’t threatened to go on strike recently, they probably will soon. Thousands of California K-12 teachers have walked off their jobs or voted to strike in the past few months, as part of a strategic, statewide effort by the California Teachers Association to boost salaries and benefits — and get the public’s attention.
Union synced up contracts “All these districts going out on strike — it’s not a coincidence at all,” said David Goldberg, president of the California Teachers Association, the state’s largest teachers union. “Everywhere in the state there are people with unmet needs. The conditions have been ripe for a long time.” San Francisco teachers went on
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EMBASSY EVACUATED: The UK has evacuated its entire embassy staff in Tehran over concerns of a coming U.S. strike. IRAN TALKS: President Trump said he was “not happy” with Iran talks. CUBA TAKEOVER: President Trump raises prospect of a “friendly takeover” of Cuba. CLINTON ON EPSTEIN: Bill Clinton testifies on Epstein: “I saw nothing. I did nothing wrong.” CUBAN BOAT SHOOTING: An American citizen was among those killed in a Cuban boat shooting, a U.S. official says. SUPE’S SIDE HUSTLE: The FBI raided the home and office of Los Angeles schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho after an AI side [See THE UPDATE, page 4] 1965 COWPER
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strike for four days this month. West Contra Costa teachers went on strike in December. San Diego, Woodland, Apple Valley, Duarte and Madera teachers planned to strike in the past few months but reached a settlement at the last minute. Teachers in Los Angeles, Oakland, Dublin, West Sacramento, Twin Rivers and Natomas have voted overwhelm-
ingly to strike. In Berkeley, Soquel and other districts, teachers are holding rallies and appear headed for strike votes. Ten local teachers unions under the umbrella of the California Teachers Association worked for years to align their contracts so they’d expire at the same time: June 30, 2025. The idea, Goldberg said, was to trigger a wave of negotiations and potential strikes to garner public attention and flex po[See UNION, page 26]
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