Teachers in the second-largest school district in Alaska have voted to authorize a strike.
Mat-Su Classified Employees Association President Rick Morgan speaks to the local school board on May 3. The union and the Mat-Su Education Association are represented in the same contract. The contract between the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District and the Mat-Su Education Association, which represents roughly 3,400 teachers and support staff, expired last July. The two sides began negotiating in January 2022 but were unable to agree to a deal.
Currently, the Public Education Health Trust provides health insurance for Mat-Su educators and does not share teacher health data with the district. That’s been a sticking point for the district. According to a union statement Monday, more than 90% of teachers voted in favor of a strike. The statement says teachers would not go on strike until the fall, if an agreement is not reached over the summer.
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