PVUSD faces money trouble, labor unrest - Santa Cruz Sentinel:
"'We're asking management, administration and principals to start taking the lead, to take pay cuts first,' said Bobbie Salazar, president of California School Employees Association, chapter 132.
Teachers didn't oppose a contract with San Jose-based Keenan and Associates for insurance consulting services, but they found a provision that called for binding arbitration to resolve disputes as well as a pay increase galling. Binding arbitration is a sticking point in the current labor impasse between teachers and district management. Jack Carroll, chief negotiator for the teachers union, said teachers aren't even looking for a raise. 'Do you folks have a plan, a plan to end the labor unrest that is brewing?' he asked."
"'We're asking management, administration and principals to start taking the lead, to take pay cuts first,' said Bobbie Salazar, president of California School Employees Association, chapter 132.
Teachers didn't oppose a contract with San Jose-based Keenan and Associates for insurance consulting services, but they found a provision that called for binding arbitration to resolve disputes as well as a pay increase galling. Binding arbitration is a sticking point in the current labor impasse between teachers and district management. Jack Carroll, chief negotiator for the teachers union, said teachers aren't even looking for a raise. 'Do you folks have a plan, a plan to end the labor unrest that is brewing?' he asked."