...said. Johnson said the school board believes a strike can be avoided by getting together and negotiating with the state mediator. "We hope there will be another session," he said. Johnson said if there is a strike that school will continue...

...Harrington said. "We'll begin the talks and conclude them one way or another -- hopefully with an agreement." State mediators have been in daily contact with all sides in the labor dispute, but there have been no face-to-face meetings...

...board meeting was held in closed session to discuss labor negotiation strategy. A mediation session followed with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Health and Human Services bargaining unit and a state mediator.

...Education Minnesota, the teachers union, met with Superintendent Percy Lingen, five current School Board and a state mediator. No attorneys or union members were present. Lingen said the School Board was optimistic about finding a resolution...

...said. Johnson said the school board believes a strike can be avoided by getting together and negotiating with the state mediator. "We hope there will be another session," he said. Johnson said if there is a strike that school will continue...

...Negotiators for Education Minnesota Crosby-Ironton and the Crosby-Ironton School District will meet with a state mediator Monday in an effort to settle the teachers' contract and avert a strike. The mediation session is scheduled to begin...

...teachers' union, met Feb. 1 for 12 hours with a state mediator. By about 9 p.m. Feb. 2, union president Mike...union have been working since last spring with a state mediator on contract negotiations. "I'm so glad we're...

...both sides, if willing, can meet anytime without a state mediator present. "At this stage in the game we've had...Wednesday that the school district will wait until the state mediator calls a mediation session to meet with union negotiators...

...said Friday the school district is going through the state mediator, and the mediator will schedule a mediation session...both sides, if willing, can meet anytime without a state mediator present. Teachers took the day off Friday from the...

...union negotiating team, was the first session with a state mediator that both parties have had since Feb. 8, the night...unsure of the format of the mediation session but a state mediator was traveling from the Twin Cities to attend the session...