Had a union meeting tonight for the sole purpose of discussing and voting on a strike. The motion for the strike passed. However, this does not yet mean the a strike is definite, we are giving the board notice that anytime after 10 days we may vote to walk-out.
We have been working since August in good faith without a contract. The scary thing at this point is the School Board can declare a unilateral contract. Basically, creating a new contract changing whatever they want. Therefore we needed to A. give our bargaining team some ammo and B. be prepared should this happen.
Hopefully this will all work itself out before any of this happens but it doesn't look good. The board declared impasse a few months ago, a move generally reserved for the union, not the other way around as reported in the Star Beacon. There is more but legally I cannot say anything more about it. I've pretty much had a headache ever since.
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