Teachers OK contract with San Diego Unified
San Diego Union Tribune
Teachers have ratified a new labor contract with the San Diego Unified School District. With more than 45 percent of union members casting ballots, 3,062 members voted for the contract and 108 voted against the agreement, according to the San Diego Education Association’s Web site. The results were posted this weekend. Among the notable changes in the new contract: • Teachers will take five furlough days in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years. • Teachers will receive three separate pay increases over the 2012-2013 school year. The first will be 2 percent, followed by another 2 percent and a final 3 percent raise. • Health care costs to the district will be reduced by increasing teachers’ co-pays, along with other minor changes to their health care benefits. (more...)