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We showed our power this week and the country took notice of our fight for our students! Our picket lines and rallies grew stronger every day. State lawmakers wrote the district and told them to refocus their priorities. We showed the district that our community stands behind our demands for public schools. Monday is as important as ever. We need every member on the picket line to support our bargaining team, stand up for our students, and push the district to settle at the table. Now is the time. What tomorrow looks like: MORNING PICKETS REGIONAL RALLIES |
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Bargaining Brief, 11/5/2023Hello Educators, We understand, agree with and have shared the sense of urgency that has been shared by PAT members and has also been echoed by other community members, including our governor and state legislators. We advised the mediators that the only path forward would require the district bargaining team to come with clear proposals and actual contract language for the issues that are keeping you on the line and away from your students:
We spent the morning refining our proposals around Article 9: Student Support, New Article for Special Education, and Article 9: Physical Health & Safety. The team has also developed a response to PPS’ a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Sustainable Community Schools. When our team was informed that the district team had a proposal for planning time, we were tentatively hopeful. However, we were enraged to see that the proposal the district offered would increase our workday, add a work day to the year as a district-directed PD day, no additional planning days, increasing the number of PLCs in Elementary schools, enshrine the CSI/TSI training days they currently misuse and an inconsistent increase in weekly planning time. They then had the audacity to ask us to pause the strike. Their behaviors and proposals show that our demands for the school board members to step in is the ONLY way to reach a settlement. If you want to look at our current contract proposals, you can find them HERE. Saturday, Directors Patte Sullivan and Julia Brim-Edwards were at our bargaining location. Today, we saw Director Scott in the halls during bargaining. We need them at the bargaining table, playing an active role, to end this Strike. Without significant improvements on our priorities, the strike continues. One day longer, one day stronger. Rain or Shine, we walk the line. |
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Please continue to join us daily on the picket line and at the noon regional rallies across the city. Together, we will show our solidarity and our commitment. Together, we are unstoppable! Your Bargaining Team Ryan Olds, OEA Staff |