UESF: Strike Authorization Vote, Mediation Update
From: Dennis Kelly of United Educators of San Francisco
Date: Mar 22, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: UESF: Strike Authorization Vote - March 29 - Kezar PavilionUESF Strike Authorization Vote!
March 29th - 4:00-7:30 p.m.
Kezar Pavilion - 755 Stanyan St.As directed by the unanimous vote of the UESF Assembly, a strike vote date has been set for March 29th at Kezar Pavilion. The meeting will take place between 4:00 and 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco teachers and paraprofessionals have given more than enough time for the negotiations to work. Before declaring impasse on February 2nd, the union and the district had met 29 times over 366 days. Since reaching impasse, the mediation process has failed to bring the two sides closer together on substantive issues.
What we ask for is simple - Safer Schools, Fair Pay and Equal Protection for all members. Instead of working with us to find any middle ground, the district has taken every opportunity to stall, delay, or otherwise prolong these negotiations. It is time for teachers and paraprofessionals to stand up for what is right for San Francisco schools.
If you have any questions, please contact the union office at 956-8373 or email action@uesf.org.
Third Mediation Session
Mediator Paul Roose and the two negotiating teams were in session all day on Tuesday, March 21. The teams were kept in separate rooms all day and the mediator shuttled back and forth carrying contract language to either side.No agreements were reached and the mediation ended with two more scheduled meetings on April 4 and April 10. The union's attempt to find another mutually agreeable date before the planned strike authorization date was not successful.
Union negotiators have not asked to schedule additional days after the sessions that were previously agreed upon.
1 Comments:
the board of ed has a special meeting scheduled for 4:30 in closed session to hear updates from our bargaining team.
eric
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