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SF teachers set for strike vote amid budget woes
San Francisco teachers are set for a strike vote this week over the district's demands to cut $30 million from teachers' salaries and benefits over the next two years.
The union wants a 2 percent raise for teachers instead.
The 6,000 members of United Educators of San Francisco will take the first of two required strike votes Thursday, less than a week after the district declared an impasse in contract talks. If a majority agrees, the union leadership would have the ability to call a strike if negotiations stall completely.
There are only three weeks left in the school year, but that's enough time to call a strike, said union President Dennis Kelly.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/07/MNR81ODJE7.DTL#ixzz1uIvLdXWP
