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The Eugene School District, in Oregon and its teachers? union will most likely wail until August to resume negotiations after talks broke down last week. The two sides bargained all day on Thursday and Friday and claimed to make some progress, but the President of the Eugene Education Association said that there isn?t a ?realistic chance of a settlement? before the contract expires on July 1. If an agreement isn?t reached by July 1, the teachers would continue to work and be paid for a 191-day work year and would receive a 3.7% pay increase based on education and tenure, but not a cost-of-living-increase. The district is hoping to hire more teachers, give teachers a full step salary increase, but leave health insurance cost burdens at current levels, give no cost-of-living increase, and implement two district-wide furlough days to save costs. The Union is asking for a 0.5% cost of living increase and an increase in the proportion of health care costs that the district shoulders.