Thursday, September 29, 2011

Striking in Detroit.

Striking in Detroit. Detroit Detroit, city, United StatesDetroit(dĭtroit`), city (1990 pop. 1,027,974), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detroit River and between lakes St. Clair and Erie; inc. as a city 1815. public school teachers march in front of Spain Spain,Span. España (āspä`nyä), officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 40,341,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the Balearic and Canary islands, SW Europe. ElementarySchool elementary school:see school. in Detroit. In mid-September n. 1. the middle part of September.Noun 1. mid-September - the middle part of Septemberperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue , teachers voted to end their morethan two-week strike. The district initially sought a 5.5 percent paycut over two years to help balance the district's $1.36 billionbudget. The union sought a raise after years without one. In the end,they agreed on a one-year pay freeze, followed by increases of 1 percentthe second and 2.5 percent the third. Veteran teachers also will startpaying 10 percent of their health insurance costs, something that onlythose hired since 1992 did formerly.

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