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LAY TEACHERS PICKET

NEW YORK--As their union officials hold eleventh-hour negotiations

with officials of the Association of Catholic Schools of the Arch-

diocese of New York, teachers picket in front of St. Cecilia's School

in Harlem.

After five months of unsuccessful talks, members of the Federation

of Catholic Teachers voted to strike on Nov. 21. The union reportedly

bargains for more than half of the instructional staff at the arch-

diocese's 32 schools. Despite the action, archdiocesan officials said

all elementary and secondary schools would be open for "uninterrupted

instruction" throughout the strike.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (T-NY-11D-71-DS)