ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A teachers union leader in Albuquerque says a memo she sent fellow educators regarding a possible strike to protest the state's new evaluation system for teachers wasn't a call for action. Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein says she wrote the Oct. 14 memo in response to questions from teachers who are talking about going on strike.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that Bernstein's memo acknowledges that a teachers strike would violate state law and her union's contract with the Albuquerque school district.
Bernstein's memo goes on to say that a strike could be held but that it'd take 100 percent participation to be successful.
And she notes that her union has only 50 percent membership among teachers. She said that's not enough support for a successful strike.
