(📸 Portland Jobs with Justice)
Yesterday, what initially seemed like a resolution to the nearly three-week strike was abruptly shut down by the PPS Board of Education. As PAT put it:
After nearly 24 hours of continuous bargaining, the PPS and PAT bargaining teams reached what both sides believed to be a tentative agreement that would make transformational change for Portland students and get them back to the classroom.
This morning [the 20th of November], the PPS Board of Education unanimously rejected the recommended settlement sent to them from their own bargaining team.
So the strike continues today--this morning PAT is rallying in what it's calling a March for Our Schools and it looks like turnout is pretty good.
