Dear Unite Summit Members, Today, representatives from 11 sites met to discuss Summit’s proposed salary freezes. Summit’s budget still presumes a 10% cut in funding, but this is based on out-of-date information because this week Governor Newsom announced that there would be no funding cuts to schools, though there may be some deferrals. ThisContinue reading “State Budget Update Makes Pay Freeze Unnecessary”
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Pay Freeze Statement
Dear Unite Summit members, Today, we all received a notification from Summit that our salaries would be frozen. To put it very plainly, this was illegal. Summit absolutely cannot unilaterally freeze our pay — any changes to pay must be negotiated with our union. One of the reasons we unionized was so that decisions likeContinue reading “Pay Freeze Statement”
Updates on Rainier and Bargaining
Update on bargainingWe have sunshined our proposals and are prepared to start negotiating our first contract. Unfortunately, Summit has thus far refused to schedule bargaining until after the March board meeting. We are still pushing their bargaining team to begin discussions earlier, as we want to preserve as much time as possible before the endContinue reading “Updates on Rainier and Bargaining”
Summit Board meeting, compensation process, and more
Action ItemHelp us vote on a T-shirt design! We’d love your input – here’s the survey link: http://tinyurl.com/USTshirtDesign Update on the bargaining processAt the Special Board Meeting on Jan. 16, the Unite Summit bargaining team presented their sunshine documents, listing the proposals we would like to include in our first contract. You can find thatContinue reading “Summit Board meeting, compensation process, and more”
First step in negotiations process can begin
Now that we are certified as the union, we can begin negotiations! The first step in negotiations is for our union and Summit administration to present the topics that we want to negotiate over and our initial positions on those topics at a public Board meeting.
Rainier and Bargaining update
Update on bargaining meeting regarding Rainier On Monday 12/16, teachers from the Rainier and Tahoma communities met with Diane Tavenner at Home Office in Redwood City as official union representatives to bargain over the impact of closing Rainier. From Rainier, Isela Mosqueira, Shaila Ramachandran, and Sunli Kim were present. From Tahoma, Andrea Hernandez was present.Continue reading “Rainier and Bargaining update”
Support for Rainier
In this newsletter, you will find:Context for the decision to close Rainier Support requested for the Rainier communitySchedule of upcoming board meetings Context for the decision to close Rainier If you want more information about the decision to close Summit Rainier, here are a few sources of additional context:Mercury News coverageSan Jose Spotlight coverageSummit News (student-ledContinue reading “Support for Rainier”
SPS Board Meeting Recap, Bargaining Team Updates
Closing Push for our Fall Survey Our response window has been extended to Oct. 22! The Unite Summit Bargaining Team will meet at the end of the month. If you have not yet done so, please fill out our fall survey at: tinyurl.com/USFallSurvey. We have extended the response window to Oct. 22 to give usContinue reading “SPS Board Meeting Recap, Bargaining Team Updates”