Schools
Teachers to Announce Plans for Potential Strike
Work stoppage in Strongsville could happen March 4
The Strongsville Education Association will hold a press conference Thursday evening to "provide details on its current labor dispute" with the Board of Education and to "announce its plans for a potential strike," according to a spokesman for the Ohio Education Association.
If the union issues a strike notice, teachers could stop working as early as March 4.
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The press conference, which will be open only to union members and the media, is set for 6:15 p.m. at Strongsville High School, 45 minutes before the regular School Board meeting starts.
The SEA represents about 385 teachers, guidance counselors and special education interventionists in the Strongsville school district.
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Teachers on Feb. 15 voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.
A negotiating session is set for Friday.
But teachers, who loudly protested the ongoing talks at the school board's Feb. 7 meeting, have indicated the two sides are still miles apart.
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