Cleveland Heights-University Heights teachers union averts strike by reaching a tentative agreement with the Board of Education....In other news the city of Cleveland has exceeded 12,000 coronavirus cases....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news sites in Ohio
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news sites in Ohio. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS. CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio –The Cleveland-Heights University-Heights teachers strike was averted after the district and the teachers union on Wednesday morning reached a tentative agreement following overnight negotiations, a press release from the Cleveland Heights Union says.
Both Cleveland Heights and University Heights are middle class suburbs of Cleveland.
The school district has an enrollment of some 1,650 students and is roughly 36 percent Black.
Five-hundred district educators, also including school nurses and guidance counselors, were prepared to begin striking Wednesday morning had the agreement not been reached.
If a majority of union members vote in favor of the tentative agreement it will then be handed to the Board of Education for likely approval.
According to the press release, some members of the union arrived Wednesday morning to picket outside district buildings not realizing that an agreement had been reached just an hour and a half before.
Union officials said the agreement includes “important compromises for the good of our students and community.”
The district's 4.8 mill operating levy passed by 65 percent on Nov. 3
The critical point in negotiations that caused the since averted strike was healthcare benefits.
The district was hellbent on increasing the share of the premium paid by employees from 6% to 15% and adding co pays and deductibles to the healthcare plan.
The tentative agreement between the parties to the collective bargaining agreement at issue, namely the board of education and the teachers union, comes as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world and the country.
Some 274,000 people in America have died from the deadly virus since it ht the U.S. with a vengeance in early March and as the country awaits emergency use approval of a COVID-19 vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration.
The city of Cleveland, which borders the suburb of Cleveland Heights, announced Wednesday that the city has exceeded some 12,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and that 158 people have died from the disease since March.
Cuyahoga County, a 29 percent Black county that includes Cleveland and several of its neighboring suburbs like Cleveland Heights and University Heights, has reported some 43,000 cases and 771 deaths.
City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County stay-at-home advisories remain in place until Dec 17, as well as a 10 pm-5 am curfew order by Gov. Mike DeWine that is set to expire on Dec. 10.
Ohio accounts for 438, 000 cases and 6,671 deaths.
Worldwide, over 64 million people have been infected with the virus.
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