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Detroit School Teachers, Staff on City-Wide Strike

HeadlineSep 01, 2006

And finally in Detroit, close to 10,000 teachers and staff are in the fifth day of a city-wide public school strike. A local judge has ordered round the clock negotiations but there are doubts an agreement will be reached before the start of classes next week. The teacher’s union contends they were lied to in negotiations that forced them to make millions of dollars in concessions last year.

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