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    Vol.62/No.45           December 14, 1998 
 
 
Jersey City teachers make gains through strike  
After a week on strike, some 3,500 teachers in Jersey City, New Jersey, members of the Jersey City Education Association, won a contract that included a 12.3 percent wage increase. The workers forced the state education board to back off on many other concessions, particularly the "surprise" evaluations. The strikers defied a court order to return to work November 20, the day after walking out. Teachers won widespread support for their fight. Above, one of many students who supported the strike at a solidarity rally November 24. About 2,000 students in West New York, New Jersey, walked out November 20 to support their teachers' fight for a contract.

 
 
 
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