SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The San Francisco Unified School District and teachers’ union are considering proposing a property tax ballot measure to fund better benefits and pay raises for teachers to end a bitter labor dispute.
The state ordered a mediator a month ago to broker talks between the district and the 5,867-member United Educators of San Francisco as it prepared to strike.
The teachers’ contract expired in June 2004, and their last pay raise was in the summer of 2002.
District officials have offered a 7.5 percent raise over the next 18 months. The union is asking for a 10 percent raise over two years, plus a bonus.
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