Chron: Oakland teachers approve contract

It's official. Oakland teachers approve contract—but it was a whole lot more contentious and close than the UESF vote:

Oakland teachers approved a contract deal Wednesday evening that will end their contentious two-year battle with the school district over a pay hike and health care costs.

The contract, which is retroactive to July, gives teachers a 6.25 percent pay increase spread out over three years and increases their contribution to health care premiums.

According to union officials, 931 members voted in favor of the deal and 639 voted against it. About 56 percent of the 2,800 Oakland Education Association members eligible to vote cast ballots at the Scottish Rite Center at Lake Merritt.

The article confirms the contract details we heard from the Daily Planet. This should set up an interesting union election in Oakland this week. A few years back the current UESF leadership came to power as a result of rank and file anger over not getting a better contract.