Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The terms of a new three-year contract include some pay freezes and some pay increases.
Teachers in Princeton are on their way to finalizing a new contract, now that both sides have ratified a new memorandum of agreement that includes a first year step freeze and subsequent yearly increases of 2.78 percent and 2.5 percent. On Tuesday, the Board of Education voted 8-0 to approve the agreement retroactive to July 1, 2011 and extending to June 30, 2014. Both sides came to agreement on Jan. 19, following more than a year of negotiations, including several sessions with a mediator. In the first year of the contract, members of the Princeton Regional Education Association will remain at their current pay steps except for longevity and will receive a cash payout beginning at $1,250 based on individual levels of education, Board …
Friday, January 20, 2012
The announcement came following a four-hour negotiation session on Thursday evening.
Princeton teachers have reached a tentative contract agreement with the school board. “On January 19, 2012, after over a year of long and difficult negotiations and an additional four hours tonight, a tentative agreement was reached between the PRS Board and PREA,” Princeton Regional Education Association President Joanne Ryan said in an email sent late Thursday night. The agreement is subject to ratification by both the union membership and the board of education. Teachers have been working under the terms of an expired contract since June 30, 2011 and had expressed frustration by what they saw as stonewalling by the Board of Education. Board members said they too were anxious to resolve the contract dispute, but noted increasing …
Friday, January 6, 2012
More than 100 teachers rallied in front of the former Valley Road School to show support for a successful contract negotiation session tonight.
PREA President Joanne Ryan has confirmed that no agreement was reached in the latest contract mediation. Statement from Joanne Ryan: "At 5am Friday morning, while waiting to hear from the Board of Education, our team was stunned to learn from the mediator that the session was over. It's hard to feel valued and respected when the BOE team felt it was appropriate to end the negotiations session and leave the building without letting us know they were calling it quits. Needless to say, it was a disappointing end to a marathon session. More than 100 Princeton teachers rallied on Thursday afternoon to express frustration over an expired contract and cheer on its negotiation team as it entered the third and possible final mediation session …
Tana
10:25 am on Monday, January 9, 2012
A few more facts, pls. It is typical in similar impasse situations that the two sides only communicate through the mediator, not face to face. Of course Ms. Ryan found out that the session was over from the mediator. She makes it sound insulting, but in fact it is simple protocol. A little balance would help keep the situation calmer. more ›