Union Elections! We are holding elections for Unite Summit leadership! Our elected Bargaining Team will stay in place through contract negotiations, but all of our other union positions are up for re-election; they have one year terms. A huge shoutout to all of our site reps and officers who have been working hard to buildContinue reading “Union Elections”
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CBA Update #25
Bargaining Update On Wednesday we had our 25th bargaining session with Summit. A summary of our and Summit’s proposals are below. We notified Summit that we will be sending them a comprehensive proposal for the full Collective Bargaining Agreement by close of business on Wednesday, May 5. If Summit is able to make substantive movementContinue reading “CBA Update #25”
CBA Update #24 and COVID-19 Relief Funding
SPS Proposals Summit’s team presented all of their proposals again in a big document — look for the words in blue to see changes in their proposals. Assignment and transfer We have reached a tentative agreement with SPS for Assignments and Transfers! Summit has agreed that there would be no involuntary transfers and has createdContinue reading “CBA Update #24 and COVID-19 Relief Funding”
CBA Update #23
Bargaining Update Today we had our 23rd bargaining session with Summit. Summit’s team presented a document with all of their proposals, which you can view here. They made movement on the below three proposals. Summit Proposals Class size Summit’s most recent proposal aligned with our proposal for class sizes in most areas. Core content courses:Continue reading “CBA Update #23”
Reopening Agreement Reached
Unite Summit and Summit Public Schools have reached an agreement on school reopening! For the rest of the school year, school leaders will have the option to open campus as a workspace for a limited number of students. All the teachers responsible for supervising these workspaces will be volunteers. This newsletter will help you understandContinue reading “Reopening Agreement Reached”
Reopening and CBA Update
Thank you for responding quickly to our survey about returning to campus! Your responses allowed us to propose to reopen all campuses on a voluntary basis on March 31st. Today, we met with Summit leadership, and Unite Summit brought an alternate proposal that would allow us to reopen schools quickly but give us timeContinue reading “Reopening and CBA Update”
Reopening Bargaining Update #4
We want to reopen schools because we know that the pandemic is negatively affecting many students socially, emotionally, and academically. This cannot happen at the expense of the health and safety of our teachers or our students. We need to reopen in a way that makes sure everyone in the building is safe and takenContinue reading “Reopening Bargaining Update #4”
Reopening and Rally
Building ReopeningYesterday, we had negotiations over site reopening with Summit. Unite Summit presented our counter proposal to Summit’s first proposal over reopening sites. Any agreement we come to on reopening buildings would only apply to this school year. We believe the fall will be significantly different (in terms of our understanding of COVID, vaccinationsContinue reading “Reopening and Rally”
Town Hall re: Building Reopening
Building Reopening/Physical Return to School BargainingToday we had another bargaining session about the physical return to school. We want to again emphasize that there will be no physical return to school until we have signed an MOU with Summit. We shared the first half of our proposal today with Summit; this half specifically addresses howContinue reading “Town Hall re: Building Reopening”
Building Reopening
February 26, 2021 Today, Summit shared with us their proposal for returning to in-person learning. In explaining their proposal, Summit outlined all schools continuing with virtual school while families will have the option to have their students return to building as workspaces and teachers working from an assigned space with a cohort to supervise. TheContinue reading “Building Reopening”