Alum Rock teachers take to the streets amid stalled contract negotiations

Nearly 200 teachers, parents and young children from the Alum Rock Union School District protested at the intersection of Capital Avenue and McKee Road following months of stalled negotiations between the district and the teacher’s union.

They called their protest a “human billboard” as they walked in a square along the East San Jose intersection Nov. 17 demanding that the teachers requests for more pay, smaller class sizes and more PPE supply for students and staff are met.