Florida District Teachers Union Foregoes Salary Increases To Preserve Jobs

The Miami Herald (5/26, McGrory) reports that the United Teachers of Dade has reached a tentative agreement with the Miami-Dade School District under which "teachers won't receive their annual pay increases known as steps, but their jobs will be safe for next year. 'What this offers us is protection from layoffs,' United Teachers of Dade President Karen Aronowitz said. 'People who are doing the job now will be doing the job next year.'" Meanwhile, in Broward County, "school district officials said they would not rehire more than 1,400 teachers. Pasco and Pinellas counties are also considering trimming the number of teachers."