Jul 22, 2008
Story Timeline: 171 days
Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 22, 2008; Page B04 Continued tensions within the leadership of the Washington Teachers' Union over contract talks with the D.C. school system broke into the open yesterday as two members of the group's executive board protested plans for Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee to speak at a series of membership meetings that begins today. Union President George Parker said last week that the "informational sessions" would be held to brief teachers on negotiations for a new labor deal. The centerpiece of the talks is Rhee's proposal for a two-tiered salary system, in which teachers could receive substantial raises if they relinquish some seniority rights and assume some accountability for test scores. Parker also said Rhee would appear at the meetings, to be held at McKinley Technological High...
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