A five-year labor impasse between a Bucks County school district and its teachers union appears to be all but over.
On Monday night, the Neshaminy Federation of Teachers ratified a new contract overwhelmingly. The vote was 487 to 21.
"It's a relief," said Louise Boyd, president of the NFT, following a private, members-only meeting inside Carl Sandberg Middle School in Levittown, Pa. "I have said multiple times how respectful I am of the members. It has been a long way and they stuck through thick and thin and the atmosphere was very celebratory."
The seven-year contract, which is back-dated to 2008, still needs to be approved by the school board.
If affirmed, teachers would receive a fixed pay-raise of between three and five percent based on seniority and education credits.
Teachers would also have to pay some of their health care premiums for the first time.
Starting in July, teachers will have to cover 14 percent of their health care costs. That'll go up to 16 percent a year later. Read more here…
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