Teachers at the ten catholic high schools owned by the Archdiocese of New York announced yesterday that with no agreement yet reached over pay raises, a strike may take place today. Having voted a week beforehand to go out on strike on September 11 (see WIT for September 11, 2001), the teachers represented by the Lay Faculty Association called the strike off following the terrorist attacks and postponed until yesterday the decision on whether to go out on strike. The teachers---many of whom have to work second jobs to get by even after years of service---are asking for a fifteen percent raise, while the archdiocese has only offered eight percent.
See "Teachers Renew Threat to Strike Over Pay at 10 Catholic Schools", YILU ZHAO, The New York Times, November 28, 2001