Minnesota
Central Minnesota school workers plan strike
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. (FOX 9) – College assist workers, together with custodians, paraeducators, secretaries, meals service staff, and nurses, at a central Minnesota faculty district are set to strike after giving discover on Friday.
Representatives with SEIU Native 284 mentioned Friday afternoon that the union voted to present its ten-day discover of a strike to Pequot Lakes Public Colleges. If unable to achieve a deal on a brand new contract, staff might strike on October 11. Representatives mentioned they’ve left the strike “open-ended till a good contract is reached.”
The union says the college would possible need to pause in-person education if a strike had been to happen. The union contains 85 staff throughout the faculty. The union says there are bargaining classes scheduled for the week forward.
Nonetheless, in a press release to native newspaper the Pine and Lakes Echo Journal, the Pequot Lakes faculty board mentioned if a strike had been to happen, in-person lessons would proceed.