BREAKING: The Oakland teachers union has called off its strike after reaching a tentative deal with the school district, and classes will resume Tuesday, with today being a 'transition day,' officials confirm.
Oakland teachers on the OEA bargaining team told NBC Bay Area that dozens of them slept inside the union building Saturday night, thinking they may be approaching the home stretch of these negotiations that have been months in the making.
"We have been here for 32 hours, slept on the floor last night in this building, and [I] did not get to see my children on Mother's Day," said Kampala Taiz Rancifer, vice president of Oakland Education Association."I would like it if they could send over an agreement so that we could sign it and get the children and the students back in school."
Over the weekend, the union said it made major progress in negotiations, coming to an agreement on the"common good' items that have been a sticking point for teachers. Those"common good" items include a variety of things like resources for unhoused students, reparations for Black students, and efforts to bring shared governance to Community Schools.
On Sunday night, union representatives told NBC Bay Area they are in agreement on all subject areas, from pay to student support resources. But they also were visibly frustrated, saying the district has sent them documents with glaring errors and agreed-upon items missing. "We're just waiting for the final document that we already have an agreement on to be sent accurately so we can sign it; that's what we've been waiting for the last six hours," said Ismael Armendariz, union president.This article tagged under:
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