The 2023-2024 Negotiations Team Members are:
Dawn Dooley, Richard Romo, Rose Tibbels, Patty Newton, Robert Provost and Matt Griffiths. Collectively, this committee has over 135 year of institutional memory and knowledge. We will be negotiating several Articles this year.
September 19, 2022 -
USW opened negotiations with the District on Articles 11,12,14,16,19 and 34. We had discussion on what the USW would like to change. The next negotiations date is set for October 17
On February 17, 2022 Your Negotiations Team met with the District. We came to a Tentitive Agreement on salary increases and one - time bonus. We also presented Article 12, the District was not interested in making changes to. We still have a lot of loose ends for discussion throughtout the year.
On January 13, 2022 your Negotiations Team met with the District. We proposed our salary increase to the District. With minimum wage increasing to $15.00 our salary schedules are misaligned. Thanks to our Local Treasurer and Negotiations Team Member for bringing this to the table. What this means is, from Range 7 now at 15.00 there isn't 4.5% between the starting salaries. This realignment will equal to approximately 2%. We still have an increase in salary above this alignment.
We also proposed our changes to Article 19 - Illness and Injury (Sick Time). We want to open discussion on what constitutes a "Sick time abuser". Defining, high absenteeism days and the need to provide a doctors off work order.
Our next negotiations date is January 26, 2022.
On Friday October 01, 2021 your negotiations committee met with the District. Topic of discussion?Compensation for speaking a language other than English.
The committee went through all positions based on the salary schedule to identify those positions that most likely, if you have the knowledge, you are having conversations with parents and students. Are you compensated? NO. Do you have the necessary skills to serve our parents? MAYBE. Your committee is standing firm on the fact that just because you are able to speak another language this does not necessarily mean you are qualified to speak a different language.
The Union appreciates all of you for your efforts to have these conversation but, with the high demographic in Fontana of Spanish speaking parents and students we feel these positions, if you are qualified through the BPSA testing should be compensated.
The next Negotiations meeting will happen on November 16, 2021 - CANCELED
December 13, 2021 - Today we met with the District and discussed Bilingual position issues, and defining what positions would classify as bilingual. We encourage all of you to apply to take the Bilingual Assessment Test to get properly reimbursed for your bilingual skills.
Next Negotiations meeting - January 13, 2022