TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Teachers in Washington state’s third-largest school district voted overwhelmingly Thursday to remain on strike, in defiance of a judge’s order that they return to work.
Some 93 percent of the nearly 1,600 teachers at the Tacoma Dome arena said they wanted to keep picketing.
The Tacoma School District teachers walked out Tuesday over issues including pay, class size and how job transfers are handled. A state judge ordered they return.
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Wash. teachers remain on strike despite judge’s order to return
September 14, 2011