Bargaining Briefs

August 28, 2023

Hello Educators, Today your PAT Bargaining Team took time out of the last planning day before students arrive to meet with PPS Management. Our state mediator asked both parties to bring as many articles as possible that could potentially be agreed to in order...

August 22, 2023

PAT Members, Your Bargaining Team met with the District today from 11-2:30 and tried to get as much completed as possible.  We have a Tentative Agreement (TA) for Article 14 Mileage, Parking and Procurement cards, but we spent much of our time discussing the...

August 15, 2023

Hello Educators, After 150 days of bargaining failed to produce significant progress towards a settlement, on June 10th, PAT requested the assistance of a state mediator. Mediation is scheduled to begin August 31st and will continue on September 7th & 15th (see timeline below). ...

June 13, 2023

Hello PAT Members, After 150 days of Direct Bargaining under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act process, PAT filed for Mediation with the Employment Relations Board Monday, June 12.  Under the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act, unions with the legal right to strike must engage...

June 07, 2023

Hello Educators, Yesterday, your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS management for our 11th bargaining session. We gave the District counter proposals on the following Articles: Article 6: Work YearArticle 7: WorkdayArticle 8: WorkloadArticle 11: School Improvement CouncilsArticle 14: Mileage, Parking, and Procurement Cards...

May 30, 2023

Hello Educators, Today your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS management for our 10th bargaining session. District Management gave us an updated Article 12 Compensation Proposal eliminating the year A step (first row of salary scale) which will raise starting salaries for new educators...

May 19, 2023

Hello Educators, Today your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS management for our 9th bargaining session. Your team brought 9 counter proposals to the table today: Article 1, 2, 11, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22, and Appendix L. We were able to get a...

May 11, 2023

Hello Educators, Today your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS management for our 8th bargaining session. Luckily, PPS brought several proposals for our team to review. The District countered our planning time proposal, with an increase of 40 minutes weekly for elementary school educators...

April 13, 2023

Hello PAT Educators, We met with District management for our 7th Bargaining Session today.   We had a guest School Psychologist, Emilee Refvem and a guest Counselor, Amy Henry join Bargaining Team member and Counselor Samara Bockelman to discuss the crushing workloads that have been...

April 04, 2023

Hello Educators, Today your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS management for our 6th bargaining session.  We spent most of the session discussing our proposals for hard class size caps and additional planning time.  It won’t be a surprise to any PAT member that,...