Backus Federation of Nurses leaders and activists made the following public remarks regarding yesterday's membership vote to authorize the action in response to health network’s unfair labor practices:
RC 43 TRIF-ic News is the newsletter of NYSUT Retiree Council 43, Teacher Retirees In Florida. It is published quarterly.
Late last week, HCTA and District bargaining teams met to discuss the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation. This pool of funds provided as a categorical in the state budget has prescribed application outlined in FL statute. To better understand the challenges we face in bargaining salary improvements, you are encouraged to visit the HTCA website to familiarize yourself with the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation (TSA).
As of Friday evening, both teams had shared initial proposals. A walk-through of the District’s proposal presented on Friday is provided here for your review:
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Takes 80% of the TSA dollars and raises the minimum base salary for full time classroom teachers to $46,120 |
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Distributes 20% of the TSA dollars to provide a $668 minimum adjustment for all instructional staff |
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Does not provide additional Board contribution |
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Since the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation is tied to full time classroom teachers as defined in statute, non-classroom teachers do not qualify for 80% of the TSA funds. For the purpose of categorizing full-time classroom teachers, the District identified instructional staff who carry a roster of students and provide instruction for more than half of the workday.
Though HCTA’s team had previously shared what was believed to be a reasonable proposal which would have distributed the larger portion of TSA funds in a banded approach and produced a more equitable distribution of dollars across the salary roster, the District expressed concern that a banded approach could be rejected during audit and may result in TSA dollars being reclaimed by the state some time down the road.
HCTA does not believe that the law prohibits bargaining of a banded approach. Distributing 80% of the TSA funds in bands could not only raise the minimum base salary to a competitive level ($45,000), it could ensure that a significant number of teachers actually reach the statutory goal of $47,500 this year.
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All part-time faculty members in the University of Maine System are invited to participate in PATFA’s Annual Meeting on Saturday, Oct. 24. We will gather via Zoom.
The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. and is likely to last no more than 90 minutes. This year, you must RSVP at the email patfa@maine.edu if you plan to attend.
Your Negotiating Team has been patiently awaiting the scheduling of our second mediation session with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Unfortunately, PERC has indefinitely suspended in-person meetings at this time.
We are cautiously optimistic that another mediation session will result in a tentative agreement. However, we will continue to update this site as developments occur.
As always, we appreciate your patience and support, especially during these challenging times.
Please click the link, 2020-2021 Building Rep Elections Packet, to view and download the materials needed for conducting Building Rep Elections.
Please click the following links to review the 2020-2021 Tentative Agreement (TA) with the Detroit Public Schools Community District.
MCEA is reaching out to all of our Active and Active Retired members to update contact information in our database. We want to keep you abreast of all of our activities, and in a time where it is difficult to meet in person, we especially need our members' mail and email contact information.
