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New South Whittier teacher contract calls for pay cuts of more than 10 percent
- 05-06-2010
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By Tracy Garcia/Whittier Daily News
The South Whittier School District has reached a two-year contract agreement with its teachers that calls for a pay cut of more than 10 percent this year, as well as a freeze on bilingual stipends and other salary hikes. The agreement comes after about a year of negotiation that saw numerous protests outside board meetings by the teachers' union, which accused the 3,800-student district of fiscal mismanagement. The district and the South Whittier Teachers Association came to an impasse in contract talks last year, which prompted a state mediation process that also came up short, officials said. (more...)
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