The Lay Faculty Association---representing teachers and guidance counselors at the ten high schools owned by the Archdiocese of New York---voted overwhelmingly last week in favor of a strike after their contract ended. The union's members will go on strike tomorrow unless the Archdiocese is willing to discuss maximum salaries, which are $30,000 a year less than those of New York City public school teachers. The 3,600 members of the Federation of Catholic Teachers, who teach at several hundred schools throughout the city that are not directly owned by the Diocese, are currently in the middle of contract negotiations. See "Teachers Threaten to Strike at 10 Catholic High Schools", by ABBY GOODNOUGH, The New York Times, Sep 11, 2001.