Severe staffing crisis in Sacramento schools leads teachers, staff to go on strike
ABC News
The Sacramento City Unified School District is short hundreds of teachers, according to the teachers' union.
Students in the Sacramento City Unified School District are still out of class on Tuesday, as a standoff between teachers' and workers' unions continues against the district.
Teachers and classified employees, of the Sacramento City Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union, began their strike on March 23, but the SEIU said they have been bargaining with the district since October.
"We want equity across the district. And so far they're just playing games, and they're not responding seriously to our proposals. They are not showing any urgency about ending the strike or ending the staffing crisis," Jennie Smith-Camejo, a spokesperson for the SEIU, said of the school district in an interview with ABC News.
According to the SCTA, teachers and school workers began their strike last week due to the "severe staffing crisis" in the district.
