On Monday, March 4 our bargaining team met with the CMO to continue bargaining our first contract.
Our bargaining team was finally able to present a counterproposal to the CMO on wages for classified members. We proposed an 18.7-percent across the board raise for all classified members, which would allow our hourly rates to start at $20/hr. We stressed with the CMO how we have members earning less than many of the students whom we directly support, and that fully staffing High Tech schools will always be impossible if we can’t offer hourly rates that are competitive, not only with other schools, but with other job opportunities that exist. Our second proposal covered safety and attempts to guarantee basic, common sense measures to ensure classified employees can work without endangering their health and safety. This includes the availability of safety equipment and training, and proper notification of potential unsafe situations, including when assigned to support a student with a documented history of violent behavior or threats. ______________________________________________ The CMO provided a counter proposal for discipline and evaluations. While these proposals bring us closer to agreement on the topics, they still fall short in key ways. The CMO’s discipline proposal allows for the CMO to skip steps of the progressive discipline process at their discretion. We believe this is a problem, as it undermines the entire concept of progressive discipline to address specific concerns. Their evaluation proposal does not guarantee that ACs will receive professional development that is relevant to that which teachers receive, furthering a disconnect that impacts students when classified and certificated unit members are not on the same page. ______________________________________________ While we didn’t reach any agreements this week, both teams agreed to make bargaining a priority and scheduled an additional meeting prior to the start of spring break, on March 15. In Solidarity, HTEC Classified Bargaining Committee Socorro Castaneda, Custodian (Point Loma) Roman Cardenas, Academic Coach (HTHCV) Jocelyn Flores, Village Program Manager (HTHNC) Maricela Ginori, Custodian (Point Loma) Daniel Ortiz, Maintenance Technician (Mesa) Joanna Sandoval, Academic Coach (HTHCV) Comments are closed.
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