The Nation - News from Jan. 5, 1989
Akron, Ohio’s public school teachers went on strike for the first time ever and officials canceled classes, extending the Christmas vacation for the system’s 34,000 students. Twenty-one hours of contract talks ending at 5:30 a.m. failed to produce a settlement.
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