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Teachers and city employees urge Newport News council to enable collective bargaining
Summary
Multiple resident speakers and Newport News Public Schools employees urged the council to authorize collective bargaining for city and school employees, citing staffing shortages, retention concerns and the need for a formal negotiation framework; council members said a task force report is under subcommittee review.
Several teachers and community activists urged the Newport News City Council on Dec. 9 to take up and authorize collective bargaining for city employees and to work with the school board to extend bargaining rights to school staff.
A teacher who identified themself as new to Newport News said collective bargaining was not a "magic wand" but described it as "a hail Mary" and…
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