Sacramento teachers union files complaint against school district

KCRA.COM. ANDREA: NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE ONGOING STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE SACRAMENTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TEACHERS UNION. WEEKAFS TER A TEACHERS STRIKE WAS RESOLVED BOTH SIDES ARE AT ODDS OVER HOW TO MAKE UP FOR THOSE LOST DAY KCRA 3 HAS THE LATEST ACCUSATIONS FROM THE UNION, AND THE NEW RESPONSE TONIGHT FROM THE SCHOOL DISCTTI MELANIE: WE’RE HEARING FROM BOTH SIDES TONIGHT, IN STATEMENTS ABOUT THE UNION’S CHARGE NOW OFFICIALLY FILED WITH THE STATE’S PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, ANNOUNCED TODAY. THE UNION, OUTLINING WHY IT THINKS THE DISTRICT RESEFUD TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH OVER MAKE-UP DAYS TIED TO THE STRIKE. THE DISTRICT, DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS IN THAT COMPLAINT. ALL OF THIS TIED TO THE EIGHT DAY TEACHER AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT STAFF STRIKE BY MEMBERS OF THE SACRAMENTO CITY TEACHE’S' ASSOCIATION AND SEIU LOCAL 10-21. WHEN THE STRIKE ENDED, A BIG ISSUE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. LOST INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS DAN MINUTES, THAT ARE MANDEDAT BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IF SCHOOLS DON’T MAKE UP AT TIME, THE DISTRICT FACES $47 MILLION IN PENALTIES. THEY ARE LOOKING OVER A PROPOSAL TO EXTEND CLASSSE UNTIL JEUN 20 TO MAKE UP FOR ALL THAT LAST TIME. THE TEACHERS UONNI SAYS, IT TRIED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE- DURING THE STRE NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS BUT IT SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SLOW WALKING NEGOTIATIONS ON MAKE-UP DAYS SINCE THE STRIKE ENDED. IN A STATEMENT, SCTA’S PRESIDENT SAYING, "WE HAVE GIVEN THE DISTRICT MULTIPLE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THEIR CONCERNS, AND INSTEAD OF TAKING ' ’YES’ FOR AN ANSWER, THE HOSCOL BOARD KEEPS MOVING THE GOAL POSTS. THIS IS THE SAME UNLAWFUL D UNNECESSARY CONDUCT THAT FORCED THE STRIKE EARLIER THIYE."S THE DISTRICT CAME BACK SWINGG.IN SAYING, "THE DISTRICT HAS PASSED A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSALS TO SCTA, EACH ONE OFFERING MORE CONCESSIONS TO SCTA THANHE T LAST." IN ITS STATEMENT, THE DISTRICT GOES ON TO SAY, "THE DISTRICT HAS REJECTED SCTA’S PROPAL THAT ALL EMPLOYEES WHO WENT ON STRIKE SIMPLY BE PAID BY THE DISTRICT FOR THE DAYS THAT THEY DID NOT WO."RK THE UNION IS ACCUSING THE DISTRICT OF ADDING NEW AND AGGRESSIVE PROPOSALS LATE TIN PROCESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FRUSTRATING THE PROCESS. THE DISTCTRI SAYS THEYRE A COMMITTED TO WORK TO FIGURE TOU A PLAN TO MAKE UP ALL OF THOSE DAYS LOST TO THE STRIKE. REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, MELANIE WINGO, KCRA 3

The Sacramento City Teachers Association, the union representing teachers at Sacramento City Unified, has filed an official complaint against the school district over its latest bargaining proposal to make up for lost days from a strike earlier this year.The strike, held by SCTA and the Service Employees International Union 1021 chapter, resulted in eight days of instruction lost after failed negotiations between these two unions and SCUSD. The negotiations included conversations about competitive wages and health care plans.After coming to an agreement, both sides have been actively negotiating how to make up for lost time. Last week, the school district proposed that the end of the year be pushed back from June 17 to June 24 and that there be certain days where there would be a ninth hour of instruction. SCTA said it is holding off on signing due to a provision it believes is not legitimate.Related | Sac City Unified, teachers union at odds over how to make up for time lost after strikeOn Tuesday, SCTA announced it filed an unfair labor practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board. If an agreement is not reached on how to make up for those eight days of instruction, SCUSD could face $47 million in penalties for not meeting the state-mandated number of instructional days and minutes."The clock is ticking," SCTA President David Fisher said in a release. "The district will lose millions of dollars in funds that could be used in Sac City's classrooms unless they act soon. The school board's failure to add back instructional days and avoid significant penalties is a clear breach of the board's fiduciary duty."The teachers union in the release said it has agreed to pushing the end of the school year back but alleges SCUSD has "rejected SCTA's multiple proposals to ensure that schools are appropriately staffed during those extended days." It also said the school district rejected SCTA's suggestion of a survey to parents to "gain a better understanding of how many students will be attending the make-up days."The district issued a statement Tuesday in response to the PERB charge of unfair practice filed by the union — the allegations in that complaint.SCUSD said it engaged in good faith efforts to reach an agreement on how to recover the instructional time students didn't receive during the strike.In its statement, the district outlined five proposals it has offered to SCTA over the past few weeks -- "each one offering more concessions to SCTA than the last," the district said.Those proposals, the district said, are as follows:Provisions passed to the union on April 20 and on April 25 would require all staff to attend work on the added days unless a leave had been pre-approved or for valid medical reasons.On May 4, the district passed a proposal to SCTA with a provision to provide more flexibility to employees so that no more than 20% of certificated staff at any single school site be granted approved leaves of absence during the extended period.On Monday, May 9, the district made a fourth proposal to SCTA which increased that allowance for approved leaves of absence to 25%.On Thursday, May 12, the district passed a new proposal to SCTA that would increase the percentage to 30%.SCUSD went on to say in its statement that it has "rejected SCTA's proposal that all employees who went on strike simply be paid by the district for the days that they did not work."

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

The strike, held by SCTA and the Service Employees International Union 1021 chapter, resulted in eight days of instruction lost after failed negotiations between these two unions and SCUSD. The negotiations included conversations about competitive wages and health care plans.

After coming to an agreement, both sides have been actively negotiating how to make up for lost time. Last week, the school district proposed that the end of the year be pushed back from June 17 to June 24 and that there be certain days where there would be a ninth hour of instruction. SCTA said it is holding off on signing due to a provision it believes is not legitimate.

On Tuesday, SCTA announced it filed an unfair labor practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board. If an agreement is not reached on how to make up for those eight days of instruction, SCUSD could face $47 million in penalties for not meeting the state-mandated number of instructional days and minutes.

"The clock is ticking," SCTA President David Fisher said in a release. "The district will lose millions of dollars in funds that could be used in Sac City's classrooms unless they act soon. The school board's failure to add back instructional days and avoid significant penalties is a clear breach of the board's fiduciary duty."

The teachers union in the release said it has agreed to pushing the end of the school year back but alleges SCUSD has "rejected SCTA's multiple proposals to ensure that schools are appropriately staffed during those extended days." It also said the school district rejected SCTA's suggestion of a survey to parents to "gain a better understanding of how many students will be attending the make-up days."

The district issued a statement Tuesday in response to the PERB charge of unfair practice filed by the union — the allegations in that complaint.

SCUSD said it engaged in good faith efforts to reach an agreement on how to recover the instructional time students didn't receive during the strike.

In its statement, the district outlined five proposals it has offered to SCTA over the past few weeks -- "each one offering more concessions to SCTA than the last," the district said.

Those proposals, the district said, are as follows:

Provisions passed to the union on April 20 and on April 25 would require all staff to attend work on the added days unless a leave had been pre-approved or for valid medical reasons.
On May 4, the district passed a proposal to SCTA with a provision to provide more flexibility to employees so that no more than 20% of certificated staff at any single school site be granted approved leaves of absence during the extended period.
On Monday, May 9, the district made a fourth proposal to SCTA which increased that allowance for approved leaves of absence to 25%.
On Thursday, May 12, the district passed a new proposal to SCTA that would increase the percentage to 30%.

SCUSD went on to say in its statement that it has "rejected SCTA's proposal that all employees who went on strike simply be paid by the district for the days that they did not work."

Sacramento teachers union files complaint against school district

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