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Wednesday, September 6,2000
NATION
THE BATTALION
Page 3B
District
braces for
teacher
walk-out
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The
nation’s sixth-largest school district
braced for a strike as early as Friday
after Philadelphia teachers autho
rized what would be their first
walkout in 19 years.
Union president Ted Kirsch did
not immediately call a strike and
classes were still scheduled to be
gin Thursday for the district’s
205,000 students and 256 schools.
However, the unanimous vote
Tuesday by the Philadelphia Feder
ation of Teachers means its 21,000
members could walk off the job
once the union gives 48 hours’ no
tice as required under state law.
“No one wants this strike,” said
teacher Cynthia Aequarole. “It
breaks my heart that education will
not continue in this city as it has in
the past.”
Contact talks broke down over
the weekend but were scheduled to
resume Tuesday afternoon.
‘Wo one wants
this strike. It
breaks my
heart that edu
cation will not
continue in this
city as it has in
the past”
— Cynthia Aequarole
Philadelphia teacher
The union ha<>, rejected district
proposals to extend the school day
and school year, increase co-pay
ments for health insurance, base
pay on performance rather than ex
perience and level of education, and
give principals more say in teacher
job assignments.
The union, which says its teach- -
ers earned between $28,600 and
$57,200 in 1997-98, wants smaller
classes, stronger early childhood
education, a new reading program
and tighter school security.
School system officials have
said they will face an $80 million
shortfall in their $ 1.6 billion budget
even without granting pay raises the
union says are needed to keep tal
ented educators in the city.
E. Michigan
professors
on strike
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) —
More than 650 full-time faculty at
Eastern Michigan University went
on strike Tuesday after contract
talks broke off.
It was the first faculty strike at
Eastern Michigan since 1978.
Lecturers not covered by the
contract, who make up about 40
percent of the faculty, were expect
ed to conduct classes as scheduled.
The fall semester began last week
for the university’s 23,000 students.
The contract, covering tenured
and tenure-track professors, expired
Friday but was extended until mid
night Monday, said American Asso
ciation of University Professors
spokesman Phil Arrington.
Key issues included replacement
of full-time faculty members with
part-time faculty, control over In
ternet courses, and salary and bene
fit increases, Arrington said.
The university is offering a5 per
cent salary increase for each year of
the three-year contract, he said.
Salaries for full professors aver
aged $63,000 in 1998-99, according
to the latest figures available from
the Mid-American Conference. The
average in the conference, which
represents 12 comparable public
universities in five states, was
$68,000 for a full professor.
Lecturers also are negotiating
with the university for better pay
and benefits.
Leaning Tower
KEVIN BURNS/The Battalion
Cory LeBouf, a senior agriculture business major, and Darrin
Wiens, a senior wildlife ecology major, help members of
"Team NASA" build a straw tower for their AGED 340 lab.
News in Brief
Scooter-related
injuries increase
WASHINGTON (AP) —The num
ber of people hurt while riding foot-
propelled scooters surged this
summer with more than 4,000 in
juries in August alone.
Since May, when about 500 in
juries were reported, there has
been a 700-percent increase in the
number of people being treated in
emergency rooms for scooter-re
lated injuries, the Consumer Prod
uct Safety Commission said Tues
day. There have been no deaths
related to the new scooters.
Baseball player sued
by FTC over drug ad
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Fed
eral Trade Commission is suing
former baseball player Steve Gar
vey for acting as host of a diet
drug advertisement that federal
regulators contend was deceptive.
The company claimed in televi
sion and Internet ads that users
could lose weight without dieting
or exercise, regardless of how
much they ate.
Garvey, who spent most of his
career with the Los Angeles
Dodgers, was the host on an En-
forma infomercial and appeared
on the company’s Website. In a
statement listed in the complaint,
Garvey said, “Look at all these de
licious supposedly forbidden
foods: barbecued chicken and
ribs, buttered biscuits. Foods you
can eat when you crave them with
out guilt, without worry, and it’s all
because of a few little capsules.”
A first baseman, Garvey played
in nine All Star Games and was
the National League’s Most Valu
able Player in 1974.
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