Minneapolis teachers walk picket lines as strike begins – By Mara Klecker and Ryan Faircloth (Star Tribune) / March 8, 2022
St. Paul averted a strike with a tentative agreement reached late Monday.
Minneapolis Public Schools teachers and educational support professionals went on strike Tuesday for the first time in more than 50 years, prompting the district to cancel classes indefinitely.
Families of the district’s 28,700 students scrambled for fallback options, a familiar quandary for Minneapolis parents who have endured two years of pandemic upheaval to their children’s education.
Union leaders announced the walkout Monday evening, saying they had been unable to reach an agreement with Minneapolis Public Schools. St. Paul Public Schools was in session Tuesday after the district reached a tentative agreement with the St. Paul Federation of Educators late Monday.
“We’re on strike for safe and stable schools and systemic change,” Greta Callahan, president of the teacher chapter of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, said at a Tuesday morning news conference at Justice Page Middle School in south Minneapolis.
