The CUSD Board, which is supported by the Education Alliance, wants to gut CUSD's teaching staff by making them take a permanent pay cut and a permanent cut in the number of work days. The other districts in Orange County have given their teachers temporary paycuts and temporary reductions in workdays. This is what CUSD teachers want, but the CUSD Board, adhering to the Education Alliance goal of killing public education, wants to make the teachers take the permanent cuts.
This strike was entirely avoidable. After 6 hours of negotiation, the CUSD Board declared an impasse. The Board also refused to meet with teachers to discuss closing the gap on the contract language. This strike was caused by the CUSD Board.
Here is a great video about the strike.
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