Oakland Teachers Union Opens Vote On Strike Authorization

CBS San Francisco

April 25, 2023

OAKLAND -- The union representing teachers in the Oakland Unified School District opened online voting Monday to authorize a work action. The teachers are demanding more money than the district is willing to pay them, so they're deciding whether or not to strike over it.

But it is the students and parents who may end up caught in the middle. If the strike happens, students at Oakland Technical High School will surely feel the effects. They were told on Monday that they should turn in all their work by Friday, because that may determine their final grade if the strike shuts down the school.

"Right now, I'm doing my final project," said freshman Melinda Vazquez-Lopez. "And I don't know how that's going to work out, because we only have, like, a week if it does happen. And I don't know what my grade is going to be if I don't finish it."

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