Bargaining Session #8

The continued turnout at our bargaining sessions is proving successful! The district has agreed to many of the things REA has proposed or countered in some of our previously opened articles. However, we need to continue to put the pressure on as we begin to tackle some of the more financially dependent pieces of our contract. Please check out the summary of this week's bargaining session below.
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REA and RSD tentatively agreed to the following articles:
Article 4: Association Rights and Privileges
Article 5: Employee Rights
Article 8: Emergency Closure
Article 10: Professional Development
Article 19: Tuition, Project and Workshop Reimbursement
Appendix E: Tuition Reimbursement
Article 21: Dues and Payroll Deductions
Article 25: Reduction in Force
Article 26-B: Student Services - English Language Development

REA presented initial proposals for the following:
Article 22: Employee Compensation
Article 23: Fringe Benefits
Article 14: Paid Leave of Absence
Article 27: Class Size and Caseload Workload

REA’s OEA representative Bruce Scherer gave a financial presentation this week. The link to that presentation is here:  2024-05 REA Finance Barg Presentation.pdf The bargaining team also shared RSD’s counter to Article 18: Student Discipline with members who came. We are looking for feedback on whether or not the changes that have been made are adequate or if anything is still missing or seems off. Please review it and email Brian Jay ([email protected]) with any thoughts. RSD Amended Article 18-Student Discipline.pdf

RSD didn’t counter any of REA’s articles this session. Rather, they will bring a counter for Article 3: Miscellaneous and 23: Fringe Benefits at our next session. They also plan on sharing their own financial presentation as a counter to what Bruce Scherer shared this week. 
REA will be bringing a counter to the district's initial proposal for Article 22: Employee Compensation, as well as counters to Articles 26 A (Special Education) & C (Social Emotional and Wellness Support). 

RSD wants REA to meet with them for another all day session and has offered up some dates. REA wants to avoid another meeting where members won’t be able to attend, so offered Saturday, June 1st up as a date when we could do an all day meeting, but would make it open to the public so members could attend. There will be an update on that if and when anything is decided by the teams. 

Our next bargaining session is May 23rd at 5pm in the RHS library. See you there!
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