McGuffey rejects teacher's contract
Edited to add: Find out about the fact-finder's report in the Observer-Reporter.
McGuffey School Board rejected a fact-finder’s report that made suggestions for a new teachers contract Thursday night.
The vote came two days after the teachers union voted to approve the fact-finder’s report. School board member Carl Group was absent from the meeting; all others voted against the report.
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board appointed a fact-finder to give recommendations about changes to the contract. McGuffey teachers are working on an expired contract.
Under state law, the two sides cannot discuss recommendations contained in the report before the vote. The report will be posted on the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Web site today.
School board President Joyce Knestrick said even though a vote had been taken, board members couldn’t comment because they had a verbal agreement with the union team not to comment publicly about the negotiations.
However, union spokeswoman Colleen Imbriale said in a news release earlier this week that the report didn’t give either side everything it wanted.
“But we think that it reflects a good, balanced agreement,” she said.
Since one side rejected the agreement, both sides will have to vote again after the public has been given the opportunity to review the report. The vote will have to take place between five and 10 days of each side’s original vote. They must notify the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board of the results.
If one side votes no again, the union and school board will return to the bargaining table.
The school board scheduled a meeting for 7 p.m. Thursday to vote on the fact-finder’s report again. It wasn’t clear Thursday night when the union would vote again.
McGuffey is one of five districts in Washington and Greene counties where teachers are working without a contract. The others are Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, West Greene and Southeastern Greene.
Join the Observer-Reporter’s conversation about education at our blog at http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/behinddesk.
McGuffey School Board rejected a fact-finder’s report that made suggestions for a new teachers contract Thursday night.
The vote came two days after the teachers union voted to approve the fact-finder’s report. School board member Carl Group was absent from the meeting; all others voted against the report.
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board appointed a fact-finder to give recommendations about changes to the contract. McGuffey teachers are working on an expired contract.
Under state law, the two sides cannot discuss recommendations contained in the report before the vote. The report will be posted on the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Web site today.
School board President Joyce Knestrick said even though a vote had been taken, board members couldn’t comment because they had a verbal agreement with the union team not to comment publicly about the negotiations.
However, union spokeswoman Colleen Imbriale said in a news release earlier this week that the report didn’t give either side everything it wanted.
“But we think that it reflects a good, balanced agreement,” she said.
Since one side rejected the agreement, both sides will have to vote again after the public has been given the opportunity to review the report. The vote will have to take place between five and 10 days of each side’s original vote. They must notify the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board of the results.
If one side votes no again, the union and school board will return to the bargaining table.
The school board scheduled a meeting for 7 p.m. Thursday to vote on the fact-finder’s report again. It wasn’t clear Thursday night when the union would vote again.
McGuffey is one of five districts in Washington and Greene counties where teachers are working without a contract. The others are Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, West Greene and Southeastern Greene.
Join the Observer-Reporter’s conversation about education at our blog at http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/behinddesk.
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