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Article: N.Y. teachers vote to strike during pope's visit.(IN THE BEGINNING)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 18, 2008
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NEW YORK -- Teachers from 10 New York Catholic high schools have voted to strike while Pope Benedict XVI visits New York.
The Lay Faculty Association, a union representing about 420 teachers in schools from Poughkeepsie to Staten Island, wants the New York archdiocese to agree to a new three-year contract with improved pay, pension plan and health benefits.
The teachers have been working without a contract Since Aug. 31. Negotiations between the union and the archdiocese reached a stalemate in December.
The teachers do not hold Benedict responsible for the dispute, but striking during his visit will draw wider attention to the problem and ...