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”
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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”
Pay Freeze Agreement
Important Update: On July 15, Summit announced that “lane changes” will not be part of the pay freeze. You will be appropriately compensated for obtaining a masters or credential. for more details, see here. On the first day of summer vacation, our CEO announced that compensation for 2020-21 would be frozen to the 2019-20 salaryContinue reading “Pay Freeze Agreement”
A False Choice — Layoffs or Pay Freeze?
June 26, 2020 This morning, the Unite Summit and SPS bargaining teams met for the second time to negotiate compensation for the 2020-21 school year. We proposed earlier this week that 1) SPS compensate all teachers according to the salaries described in their 2020-21 compensation letters and 2) in October Unite Summit would negotiate anyContinue reading “A False Choice — Layoffs or Pay Freeze?”
Bargaining Update #7
Bargaining UpdateUnite Summit and the SPS bargaining team held their seventh contract negotiation meeting yesterday. We began by discussing the announced summer school policy. Unite Summit is arguing that Rainier teachers should be eligible to work summer school in order to ensure that all our students, many of whom are not transferring to aContinue reading “Bargaining Update #7”
Bargaining Update #6 and Union Election Results
Union Elections We’d like to announce the election of our Unite Summit leadership! OfficersPresident: Fuchsia Spring (K2 HS)Vice President: Sarah Rivas (Denali HS)Treasurer: Morris Shieh (Tahoma) Site RepsDenali Middle School: Tristan MatlockDenali High School: Sarah RivasEverest: Kennan DamonExpeditions North Loop: Phoenix LawsonExpedition South Loop: Joseph HughesK2 High School: Miguel GravelleK2 Middle School: Alyssa MontantesPrep: DanContinue reading “Bargaining Update #6 and Union Election Results”
Bargaining Update #5
Union Elections!Today, our elected bargaining team approved our union bylaws, so we are now ready for elections! Liz DeOrnellas (Expeditions), Sarah Prabala (Denali MS), and Eric Doan (K2 MS) stepped up to serve as our elections committee. Nominations for our union’s leadership are now open — including for president, vice president, treasurer, and reps forContinue reading “Bargaining Update #5”
Union Elections!
ElectionsWe are holding elections for Unite Summit leadership! Our elected Bargaining Team will stay in place through contract negotiations, but we will also be electing a President, Vice President, and Treasurer before the end of the school year in order to formalize our structure and improve communications. We will also be electing a representative fromContinue reading “Union Elections!”