Bargaining Briefs

June 04, 2021

Dear PAT Educator, Please read the information below, and then take the bargaining survey that was sent to your PPS email inbox around 5:30pm on Thursday, June 3. (The survey will close at 5:00pm next Tuesday, June 8. Only PAT members may take the...

May 25, 2021

Dear PAT Partners: Your PAT bargaining Team met with the District team on Wednesday, May 19 (Part 1, Part 2) for a half-day session, and again on Friday, May 21 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7) for a full day of negotiations.  Wednesday’s...

May 17, 2021

Dear PAT Colleagues, Your PAT Bargaining Team met with the District Team on May 5th and again on May 12th.  The purpose of those meetings was to set ground rules and to exchange initial proposals.  PAT made our initial proposal on May 5th, and PPS made a partial District Initial Proposal on...

March 15, 2021

Fellow PAT Members, At approximately 12:30 AM Monday, your PAT Team and the District reached a tentative agreement on the return to in-person education under a Hybrid model.  (Saturday bargaining sessions: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5; Sunday sessions: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.) The...

March 12, 2021

Fellow PAT Colleagues: Your Bargaining Team met again with PPS on Thursday, March 11 (Part 1, Part 2), and in a small group meeting on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.  The tone of the two meetings differed greatly, but the topics covered give both teams the...

March 05, 2021

Dear PAT Colleagues,   Your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS yesterday (Part 1, Part 2) to negotiate terms for a safe, stable, and equitable return to in-person education.  The session resulted in frank discussions which resulted in one key victory.     PAT finally moved...

February 25, 2021

Colleagues: Today, February 25, 2021, was a date your PAT Team had agreed would be an extended bargaining session with PPS.  Yesterday we realized that continuing to meet with PPS while it actively ignored PAT member positions was a futile endeavor, and therefore we...

February 23, 2021

PAT Colleagues:   Your PAT Bargaining Team met with PPS in bargaining negotiations on Thursday, February 18th (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), and on Monday, February 22nd (Part 1).  The primary focus of both sessions was the District’s announced plan to begin a Hybrid instructional model in...

February 16, 2021

Dear Educator, Last week, we surveyed all members to find out your positions in regard to the District’s plan to begin Hybrid instruction in April. Our response at the bargaining table and in our advocacy is driven by our members' priorities, so it is...

February 05, 2021

PAT Educators,   In order to best represent all our members, we again need to hear from you. Please read the information below, and then take the short bargaining survey that was sent to your PPS email inbox around 2:35pm today.   The survey will close at...