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The prior comment was made by a political candidate who believes that voters in Warwick will not inform themselves of the status of contract negotiations between the teachers union and school committee.

School officials and union leaders have been in arbitration and litigation to resolve the impasse over a new teachers contract, including a recent court ruling against the union regarding layoffs and an arbitration hearing that ended after union leadership demanded a 30-percent raise over three years. The school superintendent stated that the school committee seeks a resolution to contract negotiations but feels that the union leadership is not acting in good faith to resolve the issue.

http://warwickonline.com/stories/thornton-wtu-trade-barbs-over-teacher-offers,112112?

This candidate has also regularly cited the "court of public opinion" for support of his claim that teachers are "winning" the ongoing dispute over a new contract, and yet has not produced evidence of a poll, survey, or other independently verifiable information that may support this statement.

Please join the rest of us in Warwick who know that contracts are negotiated only when two parties agree to act in good faith, and who refuse to accept this candidate's false statements.