See All Negotiations Updates      July 1, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our fourteenth negotiation session on June 26th: To put it bluntly: the District’s economic offers are insulting.  They “increased” their compensation offer by a measly 0.5% in Year 1, 0.25% in Year 2, and 0% in Year 3, so in […]

    See All Negotiations Updates      June 18, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our thirteenth negotiation session on June 12th: We received a counter on Workload (Article 6 and Appendix D) from the District, but not on Benefits (Article 9) or lab/composition Load (Appendix F).  Thus, we are still in a bit of […]

    See All Negotiations Updates      May 20, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our twelfth negotiation session on May 16th: We were hopeful the District would make proposals on economic issues and show some willingness to move.  The opposite occurred.  The District made the exact same proposal on compensation that they previously made: […]

    See All Negotiations Updates        May 13, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our tenth negotiation session on May 9th: Steve Lehigh, our union Treasurer, AFT representative to the District Committee of Budget and Finance, and Professor of Economics at CSM, made a compelling presentation regarding the District’s budget.  Steve’s presentation made […]