More than a hundred Seattle educators gathered on Labor Day at Judkins Park, stapling and taping signs to wooden pickets in preparation for a potential strike.
鈥淟iberation through Public Education,鈥 read one sign in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Another read, 鈥淟isten to educators and students.鈥
On Tuesday, Seattle teachers will find out if they have enough votes to authorize a strike. Then it comes down to whether the Seattle Education Association and Seattle Public Schools can strike a deal before Wednesday, the expected first day of classes.
If the impasse remains, Seattle could be the second large K-12 school district in the area to be mired in a strike.
