Meridian teachers union puts potential strike on hold, for now
MACON -- A meeting last week between the Meridian Board of Education and its teachers' union in one Illinois town has left one group unhappy. Members have voiced their displeasure with what it views as a lack of urgency in negotiations for better pay and more support. Contracts for the Meridian Federation of Teachers in Macon expired in August. Seventy teachers who are part of the bargaining unit have met with the board only six times since June. Brian Pekovitch, […]