In this newsletter: Virtual School Negotiations Update Summit’s proposal still in development Contract Negotiations Update SPS management continues to push for teachers to work through June as at-will employees with no additional compensation SPS Board Meeting Recap New person appointed to SPS Board Legal Update EL Survey Reminder Virtual School Negotiations Update Friday 12/11, weContinue reading “Bargaining Update #16”
Category Archives: Bargaining Update
Bargaining Update #15
Virtual School Negotiations UpdateFriday 12/4, we bargained for the fifth time about the virtual school model. It was Summit’s turn to present a proposal (here is our last proposal). Summit’s bargaining team used the meeting to explain their process of crafting their first proposal of the virtual school model — which has been underway forContinue reading “Bargaining Update #15”
Bargaining Update #14
On Wednesday, November 4, we had our 14th bargaining session with Summit. Our most significant discussions were around Summit’s Support Services proposal and our Discipline and Dismissal proposal. Summit presented the following proposals: Organizational Security Evaluation Shared Governance Professional Development & Support Services (combined) Summit also provided thoughts on our Intellectual Property proposal but declinedContinue reading “Bargaining Update #14”
Bargaining Update #13 and Reopening Town Hall
11/1/2020 In today’s newsletter: An update on bargaining and sanctuary schools (check out our video update!) We’re having our second Town Hall on Tuesday, November 17 at 5pm to discuss school reopening (Register here: https://tinyurl.com/USNovember17) Virtual school negotiations continue Support a fellow Bay Area charter teacher! Bargaining UpdateOn Wednesday, we had our 13th bargainingContinue reading “Bargaining Update #13 and Reopening Town Hall”
Bargaining Update #11 and #12
10/19/2020 Bargaining UpdateOn 10/7 and 10/14, Unite Summit met with Summit management to bargain our overall union contract. Here’s a short summary of those bargaining sessions. Increasing Classroom Support for StudentsOn the very first day of bargaining, back in March, we presented our Support Services proposal that would provide our students — particularly English LearnersContinue reading “Bargaining Update #11 and #12”
Bargaining Update #10
Check out this week’s video update! In this newsletter: Update on the unfreezing of pay and retro pay Summary of our bargaining session with Summit Information on virtual school negotiations Pay Unfrozen! At Monday’s meeting, the SPS Board approved restoration of our salaries, along with full retroactive pay. This is huge. This is a resultContinue reading “Bargaining Update #10”
Virtual School Petition and Bargaining Update #9
Highlighted in this newsletter: We believe Home Office has made illegal changes to virtual school, including taking away our sites’ flexibility to schedule LT/GLT/MLT meetings. We have emailed SPS leadership and executive directors to ask that all changes are immediately reversed and that any future changes are bargained with our union. In order to showContinue reading “Virtual School Petition and Bargaining Update #9”
Increase to Work From Home Stipend
You made your voices heard; based on survey feedback and our bargaining team’s push for a legally enforceable memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding work from home stipends, Summit admin and our union have signed a MOU about our work from home stipend. In addition to the two $100 work from home stipends, Summit has agreedContinue reading “Increase to Work From Home Stipend”
Welcome Back and Bargaining Update #8
Dear Unite Summit Community, Welcome back to school! Our union leadership is proud to serve our students with you as we engage in professional development and begin to prepare for student orientation. The amount of time we have spent on zoom for these last two weeks is virtually unprecedented. We want to acknowledgeContinue reading “Welcome Back and Bargaining Update #8”
Virtual School/Reopening Update
Quick Summary on Reopening Bargaining (7/23-7/24) We’re not finished with bargaining over reopening and virtual school. Our proposal is that our school day have a hard stop at 4pm and that we have a written guarantee of a stipend for working from home. Summit contends they don’t have to bargain over these issues (for moreContinue reading “Virtual School/Reopening Update”