Tentative Agreement Ends Strike in E. St. Louis
Teachers in East St. Louis, Ill., ended a walkout late last week after reaching a tentative agreement in a dispute over a pay raise.
The strike, which closed schools from Sept. 3 to 5, was one of a handful of disputes in school districts across the country over teachers' contracts.
The East St. Louis Federation of Teachers Local 1220 agreed to a new contract that would give teachers a 3.5 percent pay raise and a one-time bonus of one-half percent. The school board...
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