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Union and district negotiate revisions to grievance procedure, parties report mutual agreement
Summary
Negotiators for the Ithaca Teachers Association and the Ithaca City School District outlined changes to the grievance procedure, including broader coverage language, longer timelines and removal of an arbitrator deadline; both sides said they reached mutual agreement on the revised language.
Negotiators for the Ithaca Teachers Association and the Ithaca City School District reported reaching mutual agreement on revisions to the contract grievance procedure after joint editing and discussion.
The draft presented to the table expands the people covered by the grievance language to be more inclusive of anyone represented by the association, clarifies which meeting notes will be retained as official minutes and extends several timelines. David Isley, a staff member speaking at the table, summarized the changes: “Wherever possible, changed any timelines of 5 school days to 10 school days. We extended the board meeting window to 2 voting meetings.”
Why it matters: The revisions affect how alleged workplace problems…
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