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Union presses broad parental‑leave changes, proposes prenatal days and expanded access to sick bank
Summary
The Ithaca teachers’ bargaining team presented a rewritten leave article seeking prenatal leave days, expanded postpartum and first‑year supports using sick‑bank days, and procedural clarifications; the district asked for actuarial/budget numbers before agreeing.
Union negotiators presented extensive revisions to the contract’s leave articles aimed at supporting caregivers through prenatal care, the postpartum ‘‘fourth trimester’’ and the child’s first year of life.
The proposal would add six non‑accumulating prenatal care days for employees who notify the district they are pregnant or receiving fertility care; expand post‑birth paid time using accumulated sick days (association sought up to 60 accumulated sick days for…
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