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December 17, 2007

Update: Tiverton teachers change picketing site / Photo

Journal photo / Frieda Squires
Lynn Nicholas, guidance counselor at Tiverton High School, was among teachers and coaches who picketed for about two hours today outside the superintendent's office behind the school.

Teachers had initially planned to picked outside the School Committee Chairwoman Denise deMedeiros' workplace in Fall River, Mass. Why they changed the venue was not clear at this time.

Last week, Judge Vincent Ragosta denied a School Committeee request for an injunction to halt the picketing after a conference with lawyers for the School Committee and the union, the NEA-Tiverton.

The picketing was intended to call attention to stalemated contract negotiations to try to force the School Committee to the bargaining table, the union president has said.

DeMedeiros has said the union is trying to harass her and affect her ability to do her job.

The committee declared an impasse in court-ordered mediation in October and filed for nonbinding arbitration. That court order, issued in early September, means teachers must work without a contract.

-- With reports from Journal staff

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