Sacramento City teachers disagree over concessions
By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee
Amid pink slips and massive budget cuts, infighting has erupted among Sacramento City Unified School District teachers and their union leaders over whether they should make concessions to save jobs. At odds, some teachers say, are the younger teachers vs. the hard-line tactics of union leadership that has been in place for decades. At the same time, Sacramento City Teachers Association leadership is dueling with the district in informal talks over whether to give concessions in light of the district's $30 million budget deficit. Sacramento City Unified was placed on the state's fiscal early warning list last week, meaning the district is on shaky financial ground. (more...)