We, the undersigned, agree to these terms of settlement for the following bargaining items: 1) Reduction in
Question:
We, the undersigned, agree to these terms of settlement for the following bargaining items:
1) Reduction in Staff
1.2 No fulltime employees within the bargaining unit should be laid off during the term of the collective agreement as per in agreeance with the union and board.
1.6 Recall: In addition to no layoffs there will be a recall period for voluntary retiree’s which is only valid for 1 year.
Recall will follow list by seniority.
On the event a Recall is offered recipient has 5 business days to accept.
2) Workload
2.1 Employees will be hired the lowest entry level on a as needed basis reflected by student to teacher ratio demand. Academic classes to be smaller and capped off at (33) students and leisure classes to be larger than (33) students.
3) Evaluation of Teachers
Continuous professional development is essential for teachers for future education of the students. A consultant firm will be hired to have bias view on the evaluation procedure. Board will survey teachers and management to find the most favourable subjects to evaluate teachers. Those lists of top favourable developments will be utilized by the consultant to evaluate and professionally develop current employed teachers.
Teachers will have full disclosure of their evaluations that has been obtained on their file.
4) Salary
No agreement was reached during negotiations.
5) Binding Arbitration of Grievances
No agreement was reached during negotiations.
6) Benefits
6.2 Bereavement Leave: Any employee who notifies the board as soon as possible following bereavement will be granted (5) consecutive working days, without loss of regular pay, in conjunction with any family member, no title needed, for agreed paid bereavement.
6.3 If an employee is required to attend jury selection or serve as a juror in any court of law or is required to attend as a witness in a court proceeding, the employee will be paid based on regular pay but will be deducted jury pay from salary. Jury pay is as follows: day 1-10 $0 per day of service, days 11-49 $40 per day of service, days 50+ $100 per day of service.
Employee will receive compensation if:
Employee notifies board immediately of presence needed in court.
Presents proof of service requiring employee’s attendance.
Childbirth leave: The employee will be granted (10) days leave for female employees who have given birth and the leave should not be classified as sick leave. (10) days parental leave will be given for spouses or partners for new parents and classified as sick leave.
a) How did your team set bargaining priorities?
b) How did your team prepare for the start of bargaining?
c) Did both team bargain in good faith? Explain.
d) Describe the stages of the union-management negotiations.
e) Describe the subprocesses within each bargaining stage.
f) Strategies and tactics for collecting and controlling information during the distributive bargaining subprocess.
g) Were you satisfied with the outcome of the bargaining? Why or why not?
Expert Answer:
a The bargaining priorities were set by identifying the most important issues for the bargaining unit members reviewing past bargaining agreements analyzing the current labor market and economic condi... View the full answer
