Classes in Seattle, Washington have been cancelled on what would have been the first day of school this fall for tens of thousands of students because teachers are striking over pay, mental health support, and staffing ratios for special education and multilingual students.Jennifer Matter, president of the Seattle Education Association, a labour union representing more than 6,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and office workers, said that 95 percent of its members who submitted a ballot voted to go on strike on Wednesday. Contract talks continued.“No one wants to strike,” Matter said. “But SPS [Seattle Public Schools] has given us no choice. We can’t go back to the way things have been.”
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