Detroit Free Press: Detroit teachers OK deal
Detroit Federation of Teachers members have approved a three-year contract with Detroit Public Schools.
The contract avoided a pay cut for teachers, but required union members to pay 10% of their health care benefits.
The agreement also restored salary increases, provides legal assistance to union members and reduces the number of required elementary prep periods from five to four a week for the next two years.
However, the contract freezes teacher pay for one year. It also cuts the district’s budget 2% across the board, meaning reductions in everything from curriculum to facilities and safety budgets. The contract was approved Friday by a vote of 5,401 to 1,714. Officials with the teachers union said 7,115 of its 9,000 members voted at individual schools last week.
The vote comes a couple of weeks after teachers returned to work after a 16-day strike, which began Aug. 28.
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