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The Minneapolis teachers union announced Sunday that its membership had approved a collective bargaining agreement with the city school district, ending a prolonged strike that cost the city's public schools 14 days of classes.
The Minneapolis teachers' strike is officially over, with the teachers union voting 75 percent in favor of approving the deal with the school district. Students are now set to return to class on Tuesday, March, 29.
Minneapolis teachers walked off the job March 8 after they were unable to agree on a contract with district leaders.
Teachers in Minneapolis reached a tentative agreement early Friday to end a more than two-week strike over pay and other issues that idled some 29,000 students and around 4,500 educators and staff in one of Minnesota’s largest school districts. The union for teachers and support staff planned to announce details later in the day, but…