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Instructor strike cancels college for some 5,500 Massachusetts college students


Lots of of lecturers went on strike in Andover, Massachusetts, on Friday morning, with contract negotiations set to renew within the afternoon.

Courses had been canceled for the district’s roughly 5,500 college students in pre-kindergarten by means of twelfth grade after a Thursday evening vote by the Andover Training Affiliation to go on strike.

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A negotiation session between the union and the Andover College Committee led by a state-appointed mediator was scheduled for two p.m.

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Andover, Massachusetts colleges had been closed Friday as unionized lecturers picketed for greater wages.

”No one needs to be out right here, we need to be within the school rooms, we’re keen about educating and delivering companies, nevertheless it has been made so troublesome by the district to try this successfully,” Matt Bach, a highschool historical past instructor and union president, informed NBC10 Boston.

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The district stated it has supplied 23% raises for starting-level lecturers and 11% for top-level lecturers over three years. The union is pushing for 16% raises for all lecturers over three years. Wages for educational aides even have been a sticking level.

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