Adele Ferguson 10/6/11

ITEM - Tacoma teachers ended their strike of a couple weeks by winning most of their demands. Despite being among the highest paid teachers in the state, they will be protected from the 1.9 percent pay cut imposed statewide by the Legislature by being paid out of reserves. They had to give back a training day for which they were paid extra but will get it later on in the new contract.

COMMENT - Too bad for the taxpayers that a chicken judge was involved in this case. When striking teachers were ordered back and they refused to obey, fines should have been assessed immediately instead of threat...