Bargaining 15-16

Chair:                          Ron Strange

Committee Members:      John Merz, Clay Brown, Jill Moran, Tony Hutchinson, Joe Gelormini

 - Tentative Agreement - Board Approved June 7, 2016

     - Summary of TA

     - Side-by-Side Financial Comparison

• May 2016

- Next up, 5th meeting with State-appointed mediator. Date TBD. Currently it is scheduled AFTER the Governor Brown releases the May Revision of the state budget.

• April 2016

- April 6 - 4th meeting with State-appointed mediator.

Read the mediation update that went out to members

• March 2016

- March 11 - 2nd meeting with State-appointed mediator

- March 17 - District posts another misleading "Negotiation Update" on their website.

                       Here is a break down of the misleading information from that update

- March 17 - ESTA sends out upcoming dates for members to put on calendars

    -Week of April 4-8: CTA site visits to review Strike FAQs

    -April 14th and 15th: Strike Authorization vote to take place at all comprehensive sites

- March 30 - 3rd meeting with State-appointed mediator

• February 2016

- Teachers WORK TO CONTRACT. No EXTRA duties or work outside the contract

- ESTA to vote on February 23rd and 24th

RESULTS of VOTE: 90% of active members voted. 97% of members REJECT the district's proposal

-District posts misleading, disingenuous Q&A on website.

What's NOT in their Q&A: If you take a minute to read it over, you will be angered and dismayed that our employer presents such a misleading and disingenuous case to the public.  Nowhere in their FAQ do they mention that they are asking you to pay for their share of the STRS increase which equates to an ongoing decline in your overall pay.  In addition, on page 3, they present their offer in a combined percentage - making it seem like their offer is the best out of the others listed.  On top of all that, they present their total offer as if it is ongoing - which it is NOT.  And nowhere in there does it mention that they are asking our counselors to work up to 30 extra days, including nights and weekends.  They state it is one of the best offers in the county, yet don't give information on where we rank now.  It does not give us a credit for the years of sacrifice and pay cuts we took to help them when state funds were low - we have not forgotten.  Do NOT be misled.

- February 29th - 1st meeting with State-appointed mediator, teachers picket District Office

Update from our team:

On Monday, February 29th, we spent most of the day explaining to the mediator the details of our proposal.   The mediator made it his goal to understand both parties' proposals.  ESTA explained that the details the district is presenting are seen differently in ESTA's point of view.  This consumed a large portion of the day.  ESTA informed the mediator that our members are fed up with the district's unwillingness to participate in negotiations.  The team is disappointed that more could not be accomplished - no money issues were discussed, but rather language and calendar issues.  Another meeting between both parties and the mediator has been tentatively set for March 11th.

• January 2016

- Impasse declared, State-appointed mediator to meet with both sides

- District posts deceiving salary "scenarios" on website

- District adds to proposal: Teachers and counselors to pay for district's share of STRS increase. What does that do to your salary?

• December 2015

 - Bargaining session December 16 and 18th Bargaining update #5

 - Bargaining session December 8:  Bargaining update #4

 - Member Action Calendar December 7-11

- District posts update on website, does not even mention their Dec 18 proposal - it was EXACTLY the same as Dec 16, only the dates were changed. The district refuses to participate in the bargaining process.

• November 2015

November 2nd: Unfortunately your Bargaining Team reports there was no progress. Click here for more details and member action.

November 17th - Board Meeting: Member Update #3

District posts update

• October 2015

October 16: Both sides exchanged proposals. The district specifically stated they will not be changing their original proposal for salary and benefits.

Members participate in online survey regarding district proposal. Overall, members want ESTA to continue to pursue our proposal.

October 1st: The ESTA Bargaining Team and District Bargaining Team met yesterday and held their third (3rd) ) bargaining session at the DO.  The parties met for approximately six (6) hours.  Each side presented one (1) comprehensive proposal.  NO AGREEMENTS were reached nor was there any movement made towards an agreement.

Read more details here

District posts update

• September 2015

Each site was recently visited by ESTA Bargaining Team members to inform members of the activities over the summer. Members were presented with the proposal from EUHSD and the proposal from ESTA. Please click here for the details from our Bargaining Team.

• May 2015

The ESTA Bargaining Team met on May 30th with the District to discuss initial proposals for the contract year 2015-2016 from both sides. Items that were discussed included the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), the May revision of the 15/16 CA budget, and the presented proposals. We remain cautiously optimistic moving forward and will be in continued communication to schedule our next session once both sides have gathered additional information.

• April 2015

ESTA will present its initial proposal to the EUHSD School Board in April.  A sunshine proposal will let the district know which contract articles we plan on opening up or specifically look at.  There are no specifics included in sunshine proposals; those get ironed out once negotiations actually begin.  Once submitted, the District will have 30 days to look it over and present their initial proposal.  Once the sunshine proposals have been exchanged, collective bargaining or negotiations can begin.

Click on the links below to read the initial proposal that went before the EUHSD Board at the April meeting:

- ESTA Initial Proposal, presented to EUHSD BOE, April 21st, 2015

- EUHSD Initial Proposal, presented to EUHSD BOE, April 21st, 2015

• February 2015

Bargaining Survey Results