A referendum passed by Washington voters requires smaller class sizes and cost of living adjustments for teachers. Schoolteachers around Seattle staged a one-day walkout to pressure the state legislature into honoring the ballot measure. Legislators say it will require cutting services for disabled residents as an earlier referendum caped annual spending.
See "Schoolteachers Take Message to the Streets", Colleen Pohlig and Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, May 1, 2001