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| − | + | The district did not offer a counterproposal Sunday, and union chief negotiator Rich Simononis said union members will now wait for the district to contact them. The ball is in <the>district's] court, he said. We're hoping they pick it up and do something with it. It's just bargaining games now. The school board will discuss contract negotiations during an executive session at its Tuesday meeting, Sultanik said. The district previously gave a proposal that included retroactive salary freezes for two years, and then raises mostly through stipends the next two years. The union refused that.The union's latest offer also asked for increases to extracurricular salaries and did not include any changes in health care or retirement incentives, Sultanik said. Last week, Sultanik said he expected a fantasy land proposal from the union, and he called Sunday's offer <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Outlet-Coupons>Kate Spade Wallet</a> just that.The union's proposal does not call for a tax increase, Simononis said. He also said it would have increased the district's payroll only by 4 percent for all four years.Union attorney Andrew Muir, who said Friday he was hopeful a tentative agreement would be reached, previously threatened a four- to six-week strike if the district would not approve the union's contract proposal. He also said teachers could strike a second time in the school year.Simononis and union President Theresa Andreucci said strike plans are not under consideration right now. We need to focus on school now, Andreucci said.Negotiations turned more contentious after the union rejected a third-party fact-finder's report earlier this year and formed a new negotiations team and hired Muir. Once Muir came on board, the union put forth the new contract proposal that included the 3 percent raises.Muir argued that Saucon Valley teachers lagged behind other Lehigh <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Calgary>True Religion Jeans On Sale</a> Valley teachers in salaries. He said the district's $13 million fund balance could go toward teachers' raises, but the district said that money needed to go toward rising pension costs and other expenses. The fund balance belongs to the taxpayers, and is not there for teachers' salary increases, Sultanik said. The district continues to be steadfast in its quest to remain fiscally strong in a challenging economic environment. For the 2012-13 school year, the average Saucon Valley teacher's salary was $68,985, according to the state's Department of Education.As a result of the union presenting a new contract <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Loafers>Kate Spade Loafers</a> proposal in May, the district filed a labor complaint in June against the union, saying teachers were trying to erase two years of contract negotiations and start anew. A hearing has been set for November.Contract negotiations have turned ugly before in the district, which has about 2,300 students enrolled in its three schools.Teachers went on strike in 2005, 2008 and 2009. This is the third consecutive contract that has not been settled on time in Saucon Valley.Twitter @Jpalochko610-820-6613 Copyright 2014, | |
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The district did not offer a counterproposal Sunday, and union chief negotiator Rich Simononis said union members will now wait for the district to contact them. The ball is in <the>district's] court, he said. We're hoping they pick it up and do something with it. It's just bargaining games now. The school board will discuss contract negotiations during an executive session at its Tuesday meeting, Sultanik said. The district previously gave a proposal that included retroactive salary freezes for two years, and then raises mostly through stipends the next two years. The union refused that.The union's latest offer also asked for increases to extracurricular salaries and did not include any changes in health care or retirement incentives, Sultanik said. Last week, Sultanik said he expected a fantasy land proposal from the union, and he called Sunday's offer <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Outlet-Coupons>Kate Spade Wallet</a> just that.The union's proposal does not call for a tax increase, Simononis said. He also said it would have increased the district's payroll only by 4 percent for all four years.Union attorney Andrew Muir, who said Friday he was hopeful a tentative agreement would be reached, previously threatened a four- to six-week strike if the district would not approve the union's contract proposal. He also said teachers could strike a second time in the school year.Simononis and union President Theresa Andreucci said strike plans are not under consideration right now. We need to focus on school now, Andreucci said.Negotiations turned more contentious after the union rejected a third-party fact-finder's report earlier this year and formed a new negotiations team and hired Muir. Once Muir came on board, the union put forth the new contract proposal that included the 3 percent raises.Muir argued that Saucon Valley teachers lagged behind other Lehigh <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Calgary>True Religion Jeans On Sale</a> Valley teachers in salaries. He said the district's $13 million fund balance could go toward teachers' raises, but the district said that money needed to go toward rising pension costs and other expenses. The fund balance belongs to the taxpayers, and is not there for teachers' salary increases, Sultanik said. The district continues to be steadfast in its quest to remain fiscally strong in a challenging economic environment. For the 2012-13 school year, the average Saucon Valley teacher's salary was $68,985, according to the state's Department of Education.As a result of the union presenting a new contract <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Loafers>Kate Spade Loafers</a> proposal in May, the district filed a labor complaint in June against the union, saying teachers were trying to erase two years of contract negotiations and start anew. A hearing has been set for November.Contract negotiations have turned ugly before in the district, which has about 2,300 students enrolled in its three schools.Teachers went on strike in 2005, 2008 and 2009. This is the third consecutive contract that has not been settled on time in Saucon Valley.Twitter @Jpalochko610-820-6613 Copyright 2014,
