Teachers strikes on North Shore continue, draining union account and cutting into school vacations – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

BEVERLY, MASS. (WHDH) – Educators in Gloucester are entering their fourteenth day on strike – with students missing nine days of school thus far.

“I grew up in this city and I expect better from this city for this city,” said Rich Francis from the Union of Gloucester Educators. “We still believe in this righteous fight.”

Gloucester’s superintendent of schools announced the missed days will need to be made up, writing “the union’s illegal labor action has already erased portions of the Summer vacation and will now begin to affect February and/or April vacations.”

Meanwhile, the teachers union said it can no longer pay the court-ordered fines for the illegal strike, which run in the hundreds of thousands.

In Beverly, where students are also missing nine days so far, the superintendent also confirmed vacations will be cut into to reach the state-mandated total of 180 days of learning.

A judge …