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Teachers Vote To Strike Amid SF Contract Stalemate
Source: CBS San Francisco
San Francisco Unified School District teachers have voted to authorize a strike in response to a stalemate in contract negotiations with the district, union officials said Friday.
About 97 percent of teachers on Thursday night approved the strike vote, according to Matthew Hardy, a spokesman for the union United Educators of San Francisco.
The vote, according to Hardy, is the first part in a two-step process, and teachers would need to vote a second time before going out on strike.
Read more: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/05/11/teachers-vote-to-strike-amid-sf-contract-stalemate/