Boston teachers stage ‘walk-in’ rallies to pressure contract talks [Video]

Members of the Boston Teachers Union staged demonstrations before classes Thursday to put pressure on Boston Public Schools for a new contract.”We’re now going into our second month without a contract,” organizer Erika Kouka of the BTU said.Thursday’s rallies followed similar “walk-ins” last month.Caroline Alexis, a Boston Public School teacher and BTU representative, said she thinks there has been some progress.”Well, I feel like BPS is starting to take us a little bit more seriously. They are starting to come with actual responses to our requests,” she said.”For the first time, BPS — at our last session, so I believe that was last week — actually did come with an inclusion proposal, whereas previously they had said that they were not willing at all to negotiate around that topic, so we are getting some movement, but it’s definitely not enough,” Kouka said.The Teachers Union said pay and benefits are on …