PPS Students atop City Hall's replica of the Liberty Bell cheer for teachers at a Portland Association of Teachers rally. (Mick Hangland-Skill)
The Portland Association of Teachers strike just wrapped up its fourth day of shuttered schools and morning picketing. Bargaining is slow and contentious, but PAT members are sticking it out despite getting soaked by at least one “atmospheric river.”
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