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Teachers, union and community speakers press board on pay, class size, benefits and bargaining
Summary
A large group of teachers, parents and labor leaders addressed the Mount Diablo Unified School District board during public comment urging better pay, full medical coverage, smaller class sizes and good-faith bargaining with the district; union leaders said talks are at an impasse.
More than two dozen speakers addressed the Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education during the public comment period on May 14, urging the board to address pay, medical coverage and class size, and to require district negotiators to bargain in good faith with the district’s certificated bargaining unit.
The Mount Diablo Education Association, which represents more than 1,500 certificated educators, told the board that contract negotiations are at an impasse and that teachers are seeking a contract that provides cost-of-living adjustments that keep pace with inflation, adequate medical coverage and limits to class size. Linda Ortega, president of the Mount Diablo…
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