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Arbitrator Reaffirms Teacher's Position
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Arbitrator Reaffirms Teachers’ Position:
It’s All About Priorities
Ruling supports financial findings presented by the Union
*** Wednesday, May 2, 2012 ***
Who: The Clark County Education Association (CCEA) – the bargaining representative for nearly 18,000 Clark County schoolteachers – will address the impasse arbitration decision rendered in favor of teachers.
What: For months, the contract dispute between the CCEA and the Clark County School District has been in the minds of thousands of Clark County’s teachers, parents, and students. The wait is now over.
What does this mean? It means that 18,000 teachers will not have to pay back the salary increases they received for experience and educational advancement.
The arbitrator’s binding decision settles the 2011-2012 contract in favor of teachers and reaffirms what teachers have been saying all along, that the school district did not need to demand concessions from teachers to balance its budget and that the school district has the ability to fulfill its purpose to provide an education to the students attending Clark County public schools.
The district has stated that if the decision was in favor of teachers, it would have no choice but to move forward with layoffs of up to 1,000 teachers. We have learned that the district will have over $70 million in its fund balance at the end of the fiscal year, clearly demonstrating that no layoffs are needed to balance the budget.
Two clear lessons learned from this round of negotiations: 1) School Board Trustees need to change the way the district operates and regain the decision-making ability they have abdicated to the Superintendent through governance policy, and 2) that as long as Nevada’s legislators continue to ignore the need to adequately fund public education and hamstring the collective bargaining process, negotiations between teacher unions and school districts across this state will become more contentious.
An unwavering commitment: Teacher unions will continue to fight for teachers’ ability to live in the community in which they teach so that students can benefit from their teaching expertise. To fulfill this commitment, the fight for education funding must now move to Carson City. CCEA will be working with labor, parent, and community organizations to effect change at the state and local level.
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m.
Where: Clark County Education Association
4230 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89121
YOUR COVERAGE IS CORDIALLY INVITED!
To arrange for one-on-one interviews following the press conference, call Letty Elias @ 702-501-7291.
It’s All About Priorities
Ruling supports financial findings presented by the Union
*** Wednesday, May 2, 2012 ***
Who: The Clark County Education Association (CCEA) – the bargaining representative for nearly 18,000 Clark County schoolteachers – will address the impasse arbitration decision rendered in favor of teachers.
What: For months, the contract dispute between the CCEA and the Clark County School District has been in the minds of thousands of Clark County’s teachers, parents, and students. The wait is now over.
What does this mean? It means that 18,000 teachers will not have to pay back the salary increases they received for experience and educational advancement.
The arbitrator’s binding decision settles the 2011-2012 contract in favor of teachers and reaffirms what teachers have been saying all along, that the school district did not need to demand concessions from teachers to balance its budget and that the school district has the ability to fulfill its purpose to provide an education to the students attending Clark County public schools.
The district has stated that if the decision was in favor of teachers, it would have no choice but to move forward with layoffs of up to 1,000 teachers. We have learned that the district will have over $70 million in its fund balance at the end of the fiscal year, clearly demonstrating that no layoffs are needed to balance the budget.
Two clear lessons learned from this round of negotiations: 1) School Board Trustees need to change the way the district operates and regain the decision-making ability they have abdicated to the Superintendent through governance policy, and 2) that as long as Nevada’s legislators continue to ignore the need to adequately fund public education and hamstring the collective bargaining process, negotiations between teacher unions and school districts across this state will become more contentious.
An unwavering commitment: Teacher unions will continue to fight for teachers’ ability to live in the community in which they teach so that students can benefit from their teaching expertise. To fulfill this commitment, the fight for education funding must now move to Carson City. CCEA will be working with labor, parent, and community organizations to effect change at the state and local level.
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m.
Where: Clark County Education Association
4230 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89121
YOUR COVERAGE IS CORDIALLY INVITED!
To arrange for one-on-one interviews following the press conference, call Letty Elias @ 702-501-7291.