Negotiaton Analysis
NEGOTIATION ANALYSIS
Situation Analysis:
The Contract between the Newtown School District and the Newtown Teachers Association has expired. The Board is committed to keeping its costs as low as possible. The Teachers Association is also committed to improve the lot of its membership and may go on strike if an agreement is not reached quickly. Each side is open to negotiation, and feels it has some room to move on certain issues. The Board is meeting with the teachers, with an express intent to conclude an agreement, and avert a strike.
Negotiation Structure
Teachers Viewpoint
The Board felt that the issues of teachers would be on the following lines
?? Agreeing to layoff of staff, transparency about identifying teachers to be laid off, notice period for layoff, review procedure for laid off people, facility for recall.
?? No increase in pupil/teacher ratio, increase the length of work day, elimination of prep time, reduction of duty time, taking up emergency assignments.
?? Transparency about performance evaluation, and need to feel included while developing a systematic evaluation procedure.
?? Retrospective salary benefits, with cost of living benefits.
?? Need to redeem accumulated sick leave at the time of leaving service, provision of higher duration of childbirth leave, salary granted for civic duty leave.
Our Negotiation structure
Reduction in Staff
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