With collective bargaining, educators advocate not only for their working conditions, but also for student learning conditions. We lift our voice for fair compensation and benefits, and also for: Smaller class sizes. Less testing and more time for learning.
A tentative agreement signed by Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and the Broward Teachers Union – Education Professionals (BTU-EP) on Monday, February 5, 2024, would increase the base salary for existing and new teachers for the current school year (2023/24).
Most Collective Bargaining Agreements contain the following common elements: (1) a union recognition clause, (2) a management rights clause, (3) union rights provisions, (4) prohibitions on strikes and lockouts, (5) a union security clause, (6) nondiscrimination provisions, (7) grievance and arbitration procedures, (8) ...
The 5 Stages of Collective Bargaining Preparing for bargaining. Conducting negotiations. Ratifying the contract. Resolving a contract dispute. Changing or clarifying the contract.
Section 7 of the NLRA states that: “Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or ...
The District rejected BTU's counter-proposal, but then the two sides collaborated to establish a distribution in which new teachers will receive a supplement of $500 and all others will receive supplements equal to or higher than last year with the amounts ranging from $2000 to $12,000 depending upon their number of ...
Approximately 20% of expenses went towards running the union, covering union employee salaries and benefits, general overhead, and administration costs. Union employee retirement, vacation, and severance obligations make up 48 percent of the union's total liabilities.