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1:11Now PlayingFor the first time in 47 years, the Columbus Education Association went on strike in Ohio, after the union failed to make an agreement with the state.
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The Columbus Education Association went on strike Monday for the first time in 47 years after contract negotiations with Ohio's largest school district broke down — and 47,000 students could start school online this week if the picketing continues.
More than 94% of the union's nearly 4,500 members — teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists and other education professionals — "overwhelmingly rejected" Columbus City Schools' final offer during a Sunday vote.
The strike centered around the schools' conditions not being up to par "while our district officials sit in prime locations," said CEA spokesperson Regina Fuentes, who accused the Board of Education of "multiple efforts to negotiate through the media after walking away from the bargaining table."
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