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Teachers, residents urge council to authorize collective bargaining; council says task force report under review
Summary
Several teachers and community advocates urged the Newport News City Council to authorize collective bargaining for city employees and Newport News Public Schools staff; council members said a task force report is under review by a subcommittee and public meetings are scheduled for follow-up.
Multiple speakers used the Dec. 9 citizen-comment period to press the Newport News City Council to authorize collective bargaining rights for city employees and Newport News Public Schools staff.
Carolyn Jones, a teacher with Newport News Public Schools, described classroom pressures and staff shortages and said collective bargaining is not a magic solution but "a tourniquet to stop the bleeding." David Brackman, an activist, asked the council to place a…
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