Detroit Schools Has A Difficult Start To The 2006-2007 School Year
Detroit Schools Teachers Delay School Starts with Strike
There has been a slow and turbulent start to the Detroit Schools new school year. In a battle over contracts, some 7,000 teachers and 2,000 staff members refused to start school in September. These contract disagreements lead finally to a court battle. The contract disagreement began on August 28 after the Teachers Union rejected a two year contract that included salary cuts of 5% and increased health insurance co-payments. Detroit Schools wants an $88 million concession from the Detroit Schools Teachers Union to help with the $105 million deficit to its $1.36 billion budget.
On September 16, Detroit Circuit Court Judge Susan Borman ordered that the 7,000 striking Detroit Schools teachers return to work. After this order, Detroit Teachers Union president Janna Garrison read the order aloud to 3,000 Detroit Federation of Teachers members but did not comment or give any instructions as to whether the order should be obeyed. The vast majority of the teachers did not return to work.
Detroit Schools spokesman Lekan Oguntoyinbo...
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