Dallas district, teachers make no progress
District Solicitor
"We can't give them what we don't have," DeLuca said.
Negotiators have scheduled another bargaining session for
"They owed us a response, and he said, 'we have nothing for you,'" union President
The union has agreed to the district's proposal on salaries, but the district and the union are not close to an agreement on health benefits. The district wants to reduce the cost of health benefits and use those savings to fund the pay increases offered.
Since the last labor deal expired in 2015, teachers have not been able to advance pay steps but have continued to receive health benefits from the expired deal without paying a portion of their insurance premiums.
The district is offering two health-benefit plans -- a
The district has proposed a five-year deal, which would cover 2015-16 and 2016-17 but not include retroactive pay increases for those years. The average salary for union members would increase from
Teachers went on strike in 2016 from
The district has a
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