This training has been scheduled, but we are disappointed to report that it cannot take place until late September. We can all gripe about how long it's taking to come to agreement, but we all want the agreement to be right, and no one wants to go back to the old days when the District's lawyers, the Personnel Director, and our Field Agent went into a room and hammered out an agreement without much consultation with the unit.
Democracy is messy, folks.
So we're reporting that we haven't made the progress we all want, but we aren't giving up on any part of the struggle. We're doing our jobs and keeping pressure on all the parties to meet, confer, and agree on wages, hours, and working conditions for us all. All employees were mailed meeting announcements at their home addresses. At that meeting, Michael ventured the opinion that salary implementation of the Study would occur within three to five months. He stressed the importance of completing negotiations for the vast majority of unit members whose job descriptions have been clarified and promised an ear to those who feel their business is not finished.