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pmv8899 t1_j7djihh wrote

How nice of their mayor to want to demand they pay $250k for police details……..you’d think fellow union workers would gladly support at no cost

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/woburn-weeklong-teachers-strike-ends/

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Yeti_Poet t1_j7e2v6a wrote

Word is that Haverhill made a similar payment, so Mayor Galvin demanded it from the woburn teachers union since there was precedent. Not sure how common it is.

The PTOs from the schools made fun of it by having a bake sale today with a $250,000 goal.

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CosmicQuantum42 t1_j7eoqty wrote

They can make as much fun as they want. They just have to pay it.

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Yeti_Poet t1_j7fj37f wrote

No they don't. The parent teacher organizations are not on the hook. Lol

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LumberJack732 t1_j7dtj06 wrote

Yea I thought that was bull shit too. As a tax payer I’m happy to pay for police detail so teachers can strike as long as they need to until they’re getting properly treated. Also I don’t get how the strike can be illegal.

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gerkin123 t1_j7i2mxw wrote

Freedom of assembly and speech sure is expensive if you're an essential worker... :/

Galvin, along with the rest of the school committee, set the conditions for a strike by refusing to negotiate in good faith. Galvin, along with the rest of the school committee, set the conditions for the strike to last by lowballing and offering little in the way of compromise. Galvin personally set the conditions for the strike to go longer than it did by walking out of a meeting to go on TV while the union was at the table ready to keep talking.

The idea that the union's actions are responsible for $250,000 for the taxpayer is, on its face, ridiculous.

Galvin could have walked out two more times, hardballed them for four more days, and said a cool half-million ought to cover it.

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