Friday class canceled; Tacoma teachers' strike carries on

[rsmith6621]

TACOMA, Wash. -- Hundreds of Tacoma Public Schools teachers voted Thursday to continue a strike, ignoring a Pierce County judge's order on Wednesday that they return to work.

As a result, Tacoma Public Schools was forced to cancel class Friday for all 28,000 students in the state's third largest district.

Members of the Tacoma Education Association voted at the Tacoma Dome to keep the strike going due to their ongoing contract standoff. Ninety-three percent of the members voted in favor of the strike.

Prior to the vote, hundreds of teachers arrived at Lincoln High School Thursday morning with signs in hand and were picketing in front of the school. They were joined by about 100 students who marched with them in support of the strike, which the union called after negotations failed to resolve dispute over teacher pay, class size and the way teachers are transferred or re-assigned.

http://www.king5.com/news/education/Judge-orders-Tacoma-teachers-back-to-work-will-they-go-129876508.html


If you live in the Tacoma area,are a UNION member and have time go down and join their picket and if you work for a vendor that supplies the Tacoma school district DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE TO MAKE DELIVERY'S SOLIDARITY

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. There in spirit

[Luminous Animal]

2. Thanks for the update. FYI, a person needn't be a union member to join the picket.

[Lionessa]

3. Where in Tacoma are they gathering

an address or a particular school building? State capital? I've read a number of articles over the past days and the only place mentioned seems to be the Lincoln High School, and now the Tacoma Dome for the vote. Sorry, I'm near enough and idle enough to go help, but I'll be driving in and have never been to Tacoma.

[Lionessa]

4. Never mind, I found it at the very end of the article.

Organizers were asking people to make signs and protest outside the school district headquarters from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday.

and a quick search offers this address.

Central Administration Building
601 South 8th Street
Tacoma, WA 98402