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Winter Weather - It Happens

When it happens:

  • Act professionally
  • Be responsible
  • Drive safely
  • Know your contract

The A&R contract affords you protections if and when inclement causes you to be late for work.  Specifically, Article 16, section 6 addresses inclement weather and starting times.  In a nutshell, page 39 indicates that:

Governor's Speech

A complete transcript and audio recording of the Governor's speech can be found here at WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.

Notable excerpts from the Governor's speech:

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE 12/20

'Twas the week before Christmas, but our negotiating session on Tuesday wasn't all that merry.

The Federation and the District agreed to an MOU providing counselors 10 additional per diem days for 2016-17. We also agreed to an MOU paying nurses for required hospital orientations from 2017 through 2019.

So that was good. But on the sticking point of faculty salary, the District and the Federation remain far apart.

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE 12/09

In what was perhaps just an uncontrollable spasm of holiday cheer, the Federation team left Friday's negotiating session feeling guardedly optimistic.

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE 11/21

Well that was weird.

Two hours into our negotiation session on Friday, November 18th, the District presented to us, in writing, a recommendation that we cease negotiations and go straight to impasse. The District believes that the gap between its salary proposal and ours is insuperable. We believe that, yes, the gap is certainly significant. But, um, isn't that why we're negotiating?

Seniority Fix added to Rowland Settlement

-12/23/16

The US District Court has ruled that loss of seniority as a result of the Rowland layoffs is a form of economic loss that is recoverable under state and Federal law.  Therefore, employees laid-off as a result of the 11/17/2002 Rowland action who continue or return to State service will have their seniority adjusted.  The decision and agreement with the unions reads as follows:

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