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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