Sunday, 25 September 2011

Washington governor intervenes in teachers strike

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Summoned to Washington state's capital on Wednesday, union leaders for 1,900 striking teachers from Tacoma huddled with school district officials in a last-ditch round of labor talks called for by the governor.An earlier three-hour bargaining session broke off without a settlement at about 1 p.m. local time, two hours before a deadline set by Governor Christine Gregoire as the walkout stretched into its seventh day.Abiding by the governor's demands, negotiators for the two

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