Bargain Update Tentative Agreement 6/25/2020

Today the Reynolds Education Association (REA) and the Reynolds School Board (RSB) would like to jointly announce that they have reached a tentative agreement on a one-year contract for the 2020-2021 school year.  Both parties met in a small group side bar to hammer out a packaged proposal for ratification. The package incorporates acceptable compromises in order to protect direct services to students while maintaining a viable standard of living for members.
 
Highlights of the agreement include: 
1.)  A 2% increase in COLA.
2.)  RSB will continue to make an annual $350,000 contribution to the insurance pool.
3.)  A one-time $200,000 spend down of the insurance pool savings fund dedicated to remuneration of members to be enacted through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
3.)  A one-year partial freeze on tuition reimbursement to be enacted through an MOU.
4.)  RSB’s acceptance of REA’s latest proposals on Articles 4 & 21.
 
This tentative agreement is subject to final approval and ratification by both the RSB and REA.  REA and RSB pledge to resume negotiations in good faith towards a multi-year agreement in February of 2021.