Bargaining Update 2016-17
The unfair labor practice (ULP) hearing was held May 2 and 3, 2017. Each side has presented their case and next steps are:
· The attorneys submit their final briefs (summary of the case) to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) on June 23, 2017.
· The ALJ is not under a time restriction, but typically will submit their proposed final offer (judgment) within 90 days.
· If we win, the district will be under demand to cease and desist from whichever claims (all or part) were ruled against them. They will need to post notice in the workplace for 30 days, depending on the ruling. The district will be forced back to the table to restart the 150-day clock (orders can differ) leaving the items within the Transportation Work Rules (TWR) still needing to be negotiated.
· If we lose, we do not reopen the last session and the team will go on with the current reopener.
The ALJ did seemed to understand how significant the issues around the TWR are and there is a decent chance he will add a ruling on the them being part or not the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), but we won’t know until we see the final order.
Bargaining Update 2016-17
According to the CBA, we have two (2) items to bargain this year: 1) compensation and 2) one non-economic article. The district has received the demand to bargain notice from us. We received the requested data and are now reviewing it. A survey for members to complete is being sent and we’ll be scheduling dates with the district soon.