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Why a strike?
• 11.2% for legislators, 1.8% for educators• I-1351: suspend, amend, or send (back to voters).
Any way they do it, kids still lose on class size.• Healthcare: $200 per month less than other state
employees• Eliminate bargaining
over pay• Connect tests to
evaluations
Voting results
• Nearly 85% YES vote: certs, paras and office!• 85% of members voted – more than 3800• Approved in 96 buildings/programs• Almost 50 districts have voted to strike
statewide• Mercer Island striking and marching with us
One Day Strike: Tuesday May 19
• 8:00 AM Picket at High Schools (West Seattle, Sealth, Rainier Beach, Franklin, Garfield, Roosevelt, Hale, Ballard)
• 10 AM Load buses or car pool to Seattle Center• 11:15 AM March from Seattle Center to Westlake• 12:15 – 1:30 PM Rally at Westlake• 1:30 – 2:00 PM March back to Seattle Center• Buses return to high schools
At the high schools
• Go to the high school in your zone (except Cleveland and Ingraham, go to Ballard and Franklin instead)
• Picket lines at visible points • Bring water and some food – we’ll have a few
thousand sandwiches, too.• SEA tee shirts: first come first serve• Everyone wear red
FAQs
• All of these will still happen:– IB testing, Camp, Concerts, Plays, Senior night,
Athletic contests, etc.
• Certs, SAEOPs, Parapros on strike together• Year round employees (260 day SAEOPs):– Work as usual, or– Take personal leave (and join the events), or– Don’t take leave but join the strike (unpaid)