Tens of thousands of students were still out of school Tuesday on the fourth day of the Oakland teachers' strike; and with parents struggling to find childcare during the day, some say they should have a seat at the bargaining table.
"Not working is not an option for me," said Patricia Johnson who brought her child to school despite the strike."I'm a solo parent. I'm the provider for our family. I have my own business and I don't get paid if I don't work. It just felt like the only option today.
"He said he had fun. He got to do science projects. He made all this origami stuff, he played basketball," said Johnson. Now parents like Johnson are starting to ask for more transparency in the negotiations as the stalemate looks like it will continue into a fifth day. Johnson says the majority of parents she talked to support pay raises for teachers, but according to statements from the OUSD and the Oakland Education Association , the pay raises aren't the major sticking point. It's the items in the"Common Good" proposal from the teachers union asking the district to implement the Reparations for Black Students policy, as well as asking OUSD to use vacant property to help house students and their families.
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