"When we fight, we win," yelled one woman on a megaphone."
""If the district makes us, we're preparing to strike," said Cassondra Curiel, president of the United Educators of San Francisco."
""Right now, the district has said they'll give us a 2% raise, but they are cutting back on a lot of our prep time, so they're taking away a lot more right now than they would be giving us with a 2% raise," said Ana Remstedt, who teaches at Lincoln High School."
""My wife and I are both teachers in the district, and we pay over $1,200 dollars a month for dependent health care for our family," said Ryan Alias, who is an English teacher at Balboa High School."
Thousands of San Francisco public educators say they are prepared to strike if an agreeable contract is not reached. Hundreds rallied outside district headquarters carrying more than 4,100 teacher signatures demanding higher wages, improved health care for dependents, and preservation of prep time. The United Educators of San Francisco warned that a strike is possible. The district offered a 2% raise and stated it proposed a 4% raise over two years by redirecting funds from sabbaticals and extra prep time. Educators say cuts to prep time and high dependent health costs undermine those offers.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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