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Unions weigh other options
- 03-23-2010
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By Dayna Straehley/Riverside Press-Enterprise
Some Inland teachers unions are pressing their districts to cut more waste and offer more early retirement incentives to avoid laying off hundreds of their colleagues. Other districts have already cut enough that teachers are ready to consider pay cuts or furlough days to save some jobs. Their union, California Teachers Association, has sent analysts to go over budgets, looking for dollars to save jobs, local union presidents said. "They have the money," said Mark Lawrence, president of Riverside City Teacher Association. "They don't need to make these deep cuts." Riverside has 400-plus layoff notices out of more than 2,250 across the Inland area. (more..)
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