The AP (9/13) reports that on Monday night 87 percent of teachers in Tacoma Washington voted to strike, meaning that after just a week of school, "28,000 children in Washington state's third-largest school district will be staying home Tuesday." KING-TV Seattle, WA (9/13) notes that there are three main issues leading to the strike -- "pay, class size and the method in which teachers can be reassigned or transferred within the district." This is the first strike for the district since 1978.
KIRO-FM Seattle, WA (9/13, Haeck) reports that the district's teachers have been without a contract since their old one expired September 1, but the initial vote to strike two weeks ago "fell just a few votes short of a strike." Right now, district officials have "a couple of salary proposals on the table, neither of which involves a pay raise for teachers."The Tacoma News Tribune (9/13, Cafazzo) notes that this time, more than "200 teachers who were unable to make Monday night's meeting were allowed to cast ballots early, on Thursday and Friday last week," enabling a vote for the strike to pass.
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