Negotiators for about 800 non-teaching employees who are locked in a contract dispute with the Anaheim City School District say they will continue to picket meetings of the Board of Education until a state mediator arrives next month.
At issue are this year's pay increases: The district has offered the employees a 6% raise and the employees are holding out for 7%.
An impasse in negotiations was declared at the end of January, and a state mediator is scheduled to conduct three meetings with the two sides in April.
In the meantime, the employees say they plan to demonstrate--as they did last month--with picket signs and bullhorns at the twice-monthly board meetings.
