In this issue, I would like to shine a light on Fair Trade. NYSUT has been encouraging Fair Trade since a 2006 NYSUT RA resolution was passed. The resolution resulted in a statewide education and awareness campaign, encouraging NYSUT members and the schools they work in to purchase Fair Trade products.
The Federation and the District met for another round of negotiations on Friday, Nov. 4th. We spent the first two hours or so addressing various contractual issues, reaching tentative agreement on several of them.
It was a positive, productive dialogue. But then we talked salary.
The District sweetened its previous offer somewhat, emphasis on the what.
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Minnetonka School District provided yogurt parfaits during teacher appreciation week.
Excelsior Elementary teachers - building their own parfaits.
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Excelsior Teachers enjoying their parfaits
Rally for Public Education at Minnesota State Capitol
Despite numerous negotiation sessions with the State, the State’s position on wage freezes and severe language changes appears non-negotiable. The State's positions are unacceptable to the A&R Negotiations Team and after nearly a year of negotiations, the State has not made any meaningful concessions from its egregious positions.
Article originally posted online November 1, 2016 via gpbnews.org
Georgia continues to improve its graduation rate, but the state's high school experiments, its charter schools, are lagging behind.
While big news was breaking in D.C. on Friday the 28th, the negotiation news out of Torrance was hardly news at all. It was simply more of the same – the same sad pattern of District indifference to the Federation's plea for economic parity with our peers at neighboring community colleges. Not exactly an October surprise.
Here are the numbers.
Federation proposal: Salary increases for both full- and part-time faculty of 6% in 2017; 4% in 2018; and 3% in 2019.
