While educators with the Twin Rivers Unified School District (TRUSD) enter their third day of striking over failed negotiations, staff with another Sacramento-area school district are also preparing to go on strike.Teachers with the Natomas Unified School District (NUSD) plan to picket starting Tuesday if an agreement is not reached. Natomas Unified said it offered employees a 4% salary raise and a “substantial restructuring of health benefits” to avoid a strike.But NUSD said school officials plan to gather at 10:30 a.m. to urge families to prepare for disruptions in instruction if the Natomas Teachers’ Association (NTA) moves forward with striking, which could affect 16,000 students.Natomas Unified noted that both the looming NTA strike and the ongoing Twin Rivers United Educators strike are part of a larger statewide push. The “We Can’t Wait” campaign comprises 32 union districts across California.Twin Rivers Unified represents about 25,000 students. Between the two Sacramento-area school districts, about 41,000 students could be impacted by the strikes.Another 7,500 students may be impacted as the West Sacramento Teachers Association authorized a “strike-ready” vote in February. The Washington Unified School District said no strike date has been set. A fact-finding session with a neutral panel assigned to help mediate toward a resolution is scheduled for March 17.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
While educators with the Twin Rivers Unified School District (TRUSD) enter their third day of striking over failed negotiations, staff with another Sacramento-area school district are also preparing to go on strike.
Teachers with the Natomas Unified School District (NUSD) plan to picket starting Tuesday if an agreement is not reached. Natomas Unified said it offered employees a 4% salary raise and a “substantial restructuring of health benefits” to avoid a strike.
But NUSD said school officials plan to gather at 10:30 a.m. to urge families to prepare for disruptions in instruction if the Natomas Teachers’ Association (NTA) moves forward with striking, which could affect 16,000 students.
Natomas Unified noted that both the looming NTA strike and the ongoing Twin Rivers United Educators strike are part of a larger statewide push. The “We Can’t Wait” campaign comprises 32 union districts across California.
Twin Rivers Unified represents about 25,000 students. Between the two Sacramento-area school districts, about 41,000 students could be impacted by the strikes.
Another 7,500 students may be impacted as the West Sacramento Teachers Association authorized a “strike-ready” vote in February. The Washington Unified School District said no strike date has been set. A fact-finding session with a neutral panel assigned to help mediate toward a resolution is scheduled for March 17.
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