EAGLE POINT, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in the southern Oregon community Eagle Point have notified the state they intend to go on a strike next month if they don’t have a contract.
The Mail-Tribune newspaper (http://is.gd/bNINxT ) reports that negotiators for teachers and the Eagle Point School District have talked for more than a year without completing a deal.
The employee bargaining team plans to meet with district negotiators again on May 1, a week before the strike date. The issues dividing the sides include salary, benefits and teacher prep time.
School strikes are rare in Oregon. Teachers in the Gresham-Barlow School District east of Portland walked off the job for a few hours on Wednesday before a settlement was reached. That was Oregon’s first teacher strike since 2006.
