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Philly teacher contract expires without a new deal; district trying to ’shake down’ teachers, union chief says

Teachers have the power to strike for the first time in decades, but their contract expired as the district faces an estimated $60 million in COVID-19 costs, money it does not have.

Union president Jerry Jordan on Monday night asked the 13,000 teachers, counselors, nurses, secretaries, and other school workers in the PFT to give him two weeks to continue negotiating a deal.
Union president Jerry Jordan on Monday night asked the 13,000 teachers, counselors, nurses, secretaries, and other school workers in the PFT to give him two weeks to continue negotiating a deal.Read moreDavid Maialetti / File Photograph
    by Kristen A. Graham
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