The Oakland Education Association rejected a proposal from the Oakland Unified School District that would have given teachers a pay increase of up to 22% as a teachers' strike drags on with no end in sight.

The latest proposal from the school district included an offer of $70 million in teacher salary increases, which would have increased pay for classroom teachers by as much as 22%, but the union didn't accept the offer, according to KRON4 News.

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"The District’s negotiating team continues to talk with the team from the Oakland Education Association (OEA), and we are hopeful that we are making progress towards a deal that will end the strike," the school district said as it announced that classes in the school district would be canceled for a fourth straight day, forcing 35,000 students to stay home.

The teachers union, for its part, did not address the pay increase proposal in a series of tweets Monday. Instead, the union said it was focused on "common good proposals" that included making vacant school buildings available to nonprofit organizations for "housing development."

"Our Common Good proposals reflect member survey priorities & OUSD parent/community input," the union tweeted. "Many CA districts, like LA, Natomas, Montebello, San Diego, West Contra Costa, & Jurupa, have bargained common good demands."

The "common good proposals" are part of the union's efforts to fight for "safe, stable, and racially just community schools." Other union demands include a demand for "enforceable language to make schools safer for students and staff," spending more money on schools that serve at least 40% black students, and "shared decision-making."

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"We are committed to bargaining for the schools Oakland students deserve, and until an agreement is reached, we will continue to be on the line for our students," the union said.