SF teachers give huge majority to strike authorization vote

[RandySF]

San Francisco teachers have overwhelmingly supported a preliminary strike vote, with 2,238 checking the yes box on the ballot and 16 voting no.
Union officials from the United Educators of San Francisco released the count Monday morning, the first day of the school year.

The vote is the first of two required before a strike can be called, but that won’t happen anytime soon.

The district and union are still in the mediation and fact-finding process, with the next bargaining session scheduled for Sept. 2. The teachers can’t strike until that process has played out, district officials said.

http://blog.sfgate.com/education/2014/08/18/sf-teachers-give-huge-majority-to-strike-authorization-vote/