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City wins order barring school strike
By Globe Staff
Public school teachers will not be allowed to vote on a one-day strike proposal posed by Boston Teachers Union officials earlier this month, the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission ruled yesterday.
The order that the union halt the strike vote was issued after the Boston public schools petitioned for an investigation, citing a state law barring public employee unions from striking, according to school spokesman Jonathan Palumbo. The union has been locked in contract negotiations with the city since last January and Teachers have been working without a contract since September.
Union officials have lambasted the School Committee for plans to increase health insurance costs for teachers and to lift class-size limits. The union last went on strike in 1993.
