Tacoma teachers vote to approve new contract offer and end strike

The News Tribune: It was a members-only vote, supposedly secret, but everyone inside and outside Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School knew what was coming.

The tidal roar in the gymnasium was the sound of yes. More than 2,000 teachers ratified an agreement that provided $23.3 million in salary increases and ended a seven-day strike that briefly fractured the city.

The vote to ratify was overwhelming: 2,022 yes, 23 no, for a margin of 99 percent.

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