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2022 Negotiations Updates
Sunday, April 3, 2022
MOU Between SCUSD and SEIU April 3 2022
MOU Between SCUSD and SCTA 鈥� Substitute Pay & Extra Work 2021-2022 School Year 鈥� April 3, 2022
MOU Between SCUSD and SCTA Nurse Extra Hours 2021 2022 School Year
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Monday, March 21, 2022
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Report and Recommendation of Fact Finding Panel 鈥� PERB Case No SA-IM-3546-E 鈥� Dissent
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
SCUSD Supplemental Information for Fact Finding
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Letter to SCTA Regarding Accurate Communications on Fact Finding
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Please see this letter which was sent to all SCUSD staff this evening:
Dear colleagues,
I have heard questions and concerns from many of our school sites about 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association鈥檚 (SCTA) current efforts to vote for a strike. I know that hearing about a potential strike and potential disruption to student learning can be extremely unsettling. In response I am sharing the following information.
In recognition that teaching and learning during a pandemic has presented extra challenges, Sac City Unified has tried since last July to problem solve and reach an agreement with SCTA to address COVID-related challenges for the 2021-22 school year. Our goal was to ensure that schools could reopen safely and the district could provide the best education possible under the constraints of the pandemic.
The problem-solving proposals that we presented as early as August 2021 included:
- Providing who volunteered to take on additional students in independent study;
- Providing and our existing secondary teachers who substituted during their prep period;
- Providing who took on COVID-related duties after regular work hours;
- Supporting students who were required to quarantine by providing simultaneous in-person and remote instruction for students in short-term independent study, with ;
- Complying with the COVID-19 public health guidance and recommendations for schools, detailed in the district鈥檚 ; and
- Addressing staffing shortages by temporarily utilizing 28 District Training Specialists to .
After working for months trying to reach agreement with SCTA on these matters, the district sought a declaration of impasse in December 2021 from the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Neutral mediators were called in to facilitate talks, but after several sessions the mediators recommended that both parties participate in a Fact Finding process with the goal of resolving outstanding issues so an agreement on the COVID-related issues for this school year could be reached.
In our mpasse filing to PERB, we narrowly defined our disagreements as stemming from COVID and our efforts to reopen our schools and protect continuity of learning. Since we are now nearly at the last quarter of our school year, we are still eager to resolve these outstanding issues in a way that best serves all students.
We are on two separate negotiations tracks. The first is over our school reopening plans related to COVID-19. The second is over the full successor contract to our current agreement that lapsed in July 2019. The district and SCTA have both acknowledged that we are not at impasse over successor contract negotiations. The fact finding process we are in has nothing to do with inaccurate claims about 鈥渉ealth benefit takeaways鈥� or 鈥渟alary freezes鈥� that SCTA union leadership has used to urge SCTA members to strike.
To be clear, the district did not file for impasse due to negotiations about a successor contract. As such, the district cannot impose changes to health benefits and other matters as a result of the current Fact Finding process because we are not at impasse over those matters. If SCTA union leadership leverages the Fact Finding process to include successor contract issues into the hearing, it will enable SCTA to bypass further legitimate talks on our broader successor agreement and disregard the purpose of the impasse process.
A strike will cause chaos for students and families.
After nearly three school years of interrupted learning due to COVID-related school closures, illness, and quarantines, it is unconscionable that SCTA is threatening a strike to shut down our schools. This is offensive to all of our families that have been waiting for their children鈥檚 school experience to get back to normal. Taking away students鈥� access to learning time and the support services that our schools provide is inappropriate. This is especially hurtful and harmful to our most vulnerable students who count on our schools as safe havens, and families who do not have the luxury of keeping their children unsupervised at home.
Striking employees stand to lose income.
A strike will also hurt our employees because they will lose wages for every day off the job, thus hurting students, families, and employees.
A path forward.
While our district works to avoid an unnecessary and detrimental strike, please be aware that a lot of misleading and false information is being circulated. Please refer to SCUSD鈥檚 Negotiations Updates web page for accurate information, including proposals and counterproposals related to COVID-19 and updates about negotiations. I encourage you to demand and review credible sourced information.
The district remains committed to working through the current impasse process to reach agreement on COVID-related issues for the 2021-22 school year. We are also committed to continuing successor contract negotiations with SCTA and hope to reach an agreement that is in the best interest of our students, staff, and community.
Sincerely,
Superintendent Jorge Aguilar
Friday, March 4, 2022
2020 SCTA Successor Contract Negotiations
2020 Negotiations Updates
June 8, 2020
SCTA Successor Contract Update
2016 Negotiations Updates
December 19, 2016
The district and SCTA held their tenth meeting on December 19 to continue negotiations for a successor contract. This meeting was held again at SCTA by prior agreement to skip one rotation of locations.
- 2016-19 Agreement with the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association
- Fact Finding Report
- 9/15/17 District Proposal
- Rising Pension Costs and CA Schools Graphic
- Average Health Benefits Cost Graphic
- 3/9/17 District Contract Proposal
- 9/15/17 Proposed Salary Schedule
- How Fact Finding Works
- 12/7/17 Board of Education Agenda Item 8.4
- Read more
2019 SCTA Successor Contract Negotiations
2019 Negotiations Updates
December 20, 2019
We want to inform you that after sending 17 letters and offering 63 dates inviting leaders of the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association to engage in negotiations, earlier today the District requested to the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) that impasse be declared. A bargaining impasse occurs when two sides negotiating an agreement are unable to reach an agreement and cannot find resolution. Click here to read the District鈥檚 statement about requesting PERB鈥檚 assistance.
The District will continue to update you on the latest information related to negotiations.
For more, or to read past negotiations updates, please visit our negotiations updates page.
Thank you.
December 11, 2019
On Monday, December 9th, the District again reached out to
leaders of the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association requesting to
commence negotiations on the collective bargaining agreement that
expired on June 30, 2019. In its letter, the District submitted
to SCTA leaders the remaining proposals to the collective
bargaining agreement articles that had previously sunshined.
Click here to read the District鈥檚 letter.
Commencing contract negotiations as soon as possible is critical
to fixing the fiscal health of the District. In a State Audit
Report of the District that was released yesterday, the State
Auditor stated 鈥溌槎故悠� Unified鈥檚 options for reducing ongoing
expenses without engaging in labor negotiations are limited and
unlikely to prove successful in addressing its precarious
financial situation.鈥� .
We will continue to keep you updated on the latest developments
related to contract negotiations. For more information and to
read past negotiations updates, visit our negotiations updates page.
Thank you.
December 9, 2019
On Monday, December 9th, the District reached out to leaders of
the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association requesting to commence
negotiations on the collective bargaining agreement that expired
on June 30, 2019. In its letter, the District submitted to SCTA
leaders the remaining proposals to the collective bargaining
agreement articles that had previously sunshined. Click here to
read the letter.
Commencing contract negotiations as soon as possible is critical
to fixing the fiscal health of the District. In a State Audit
Report of the District that was released yesterday, the State
Auditor stated 鈥溌槎故悠� Unified鈥檚 options for reducing ongoing
expenses without engaging in labor negotiations are limited and
unlikely to prove successful in addressing its precarious
financial situation.鈥� Click here to read the Auditor鈥檚 full
report.
We will continue to keep you updated on the latest developments
related to contract negotiations. For more information and to
read past negotiations updates, visit our negotiations
updates page. Thank you.
October 17, 2019
Earlier today the District reached out to leaders of the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association requesting to commence contract negotiations on the collective bargaining agreement that expired on June 30, 2019. Click here to read the full letter to SCTA leaders.
We will continue to keep you updated on the latest developments related to contract negotiations. For more information and to read past negotiations updates, visit our negotiations updates page. Thank you.
October 3, 2019
Earlier today the District reached out to leaders of the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association requesting to commence contract negotiations on the collective bargaining agreement that expired on June 30, 2019. Click here to read the full letter to SCTA leaders.
We will continue to keep you updated on the latest developments related to contract negotiations. For more information and to read past negotiations updates, visit our negotiations updates page. Thank you.
September 26, 2019
The District sent SCTA leaders this letter in response to staffing concerns raised by SCTA.
September 23, 2019
The District sent SCTA leaders this letter in response to reports that SCTA leaders are directing employees not to administer the District-wide assessments for the 2019-20 school year. .
September 12, 2019
The District sent SCTA leaders this letter regarding the implementation of district-wide assessments to ensure all students are provided with educational programs that meet their individual needs.
September 3, 2019
The District sent SCTA leaders this letter notifying them about the implementation of district-wide assessments.
August 23, 2019
The District sent SCTA leaders this letter once again inviting SCTA leaders to begin contract negotiations.
August 16, 2019
The District sent SCTA leaders this letter stating that the District does not believe any of the prior issues articulated by SCTA leaders are actually unresolved or impediments to beginning negotiations.
August 2, 2019
The District submitted its initial proposal to SCTA leaders and requested round the clock negotiations to resolve its labor dispute with SCTA and reduce the budget deficit. Click here to read the cover letter to SCTA leaders.
June 20, 2019
The District sent this correspondence to SCTA leaders once again requesting a date to meet to commence successor contract negotiations. Since November 9, 2018 the District has sent 9 letters offering 34 dates to commence negotiations. SCTA leaders have not accepted any of the District鈥檚 offered dates and have refused to commence successor contract negotiations for the 2019-20 school year. Click here to see all 9 previous letters the District has sent to SCTA leaders.
June 13, 2019
The District sent this correspondence to SCTA leadership urging them once again to commence contract negotiations and offering more dates to meet.
June 3, 2019
The District sent this correspondence to SCTA leadership indicating that voluntary rate decreases by HealthNet due to market forces do not equate to savings that can be used to create new certificated positions per the SCTA-SCUSD collective bargaining agreement section 13.1.1. The District鈥檚 letter was in response to this email and this messenger sent out by SCTA to its members, stating the opposite.
May 28, 2019
The District sent this correspondence to SCTA leadership in response to SCTA leadership declining the District鈥檚 offer to add health plan options that could help the District save money on health insurance without changing the structure of benefits.
May 23, 2019
The District sent to SCTA leadership stating that the District has paid $266,500 to the non-profit CECHCR, for the purpose of implementing the promised health savings per the 2016-19 SCTA-SCUSD collective bargaining agreement. The District reiterated its request that SCTA leaders follow through on the actions SCTA is required to take in order to implement the health cost savings that the District is paying CECHCR to implement.
May 21, 2019
Since November 2018, the District has been requesting SCTA leaders commence successor contract negotiations. Below are links to correspondence with various District requests related to negotiations and contract disputes.