Farmersville Teachers Association votes to strike if demands not met by district

FARMERSVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- In a ballot connected Tuesday, the Farmersville Teachers Association decided it volition onslaught if Farmersville Unified School District doesn't conscionable requests for accrued wages and amended moving conditions.

During a gathering connected Tuesday, 80% of their members showed up and 99% voted yes connected a strike.

"I privation to marque it truly clear. We don't privation to strike, we don't privation a enactment stoppage. But astatine this clip we consciousness the territory is dragging their feet and astatine this constituent we person kinda been forced into this situation," says President for the Farmersville Teachers Association, Richard Dybas.

The Farmersville Teachers Association says they are acceptable to spell connected strike.

The FTA and the Farmersville Unified School District person been negotiating a caller declaration since September.

Teacher's are asking for amended moving conditions and amended wages to assistance clasp their staff.

"This is bigger for america than conscionable money, it's astir our students, our teachers, we emotion our students. We emotion our assemblage and we conscionable consciousness similar if we conscionable were competitory radical would take to enactment successful Farmersville," expresses Richard.

Richard says connected mean starting wage successful Farmersville is astir 9% little than comparable schools- that's astir $6,000.

He believes this is wherefore successful the past 7 years 117 teachers person near the district.

That's much than 70% of teachers they person successful Farmersville.

"When our teachers are leaving that is impacting our students straight and truthful this isn't conscionable a wage things it's not conscionable a moving conditions things its a assemblage happening and one consciousness similar if we don't basal up if we don't marque things close our students are gonna beryllium the ones who get wounded successful the end," explains Richard.

Action quality reached retired to the schoolhouse board, but they did not privation to remark until the past signifier of negotiations connected Monday.

In a connection Farmersville Unified School District says they person encountered fiscal challenges due to the fact that pandemic backing is moving out.

They person besides seen a diminution successful enrollment and accidental the authorities fund shortfall is making it hard to assistance conscionable fiscal needs.

FUSD and FTA bash hold that it's each astir their students.

Both sides accidental they don't privation to onslaught but they person to beryllium prepared regardless.

If immoderate assemblage subordinate would similar their voices heard, they tin springiness a nationalist remark astatine the upcoming committee meeting.

That is adjacent Tuesday astatine the Farmersville Unified District Office.

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