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Ithaca teachers and district halt talks after salary counteroffer; negotiations to resume in September
Summary
After months of bargaining, the Ithaca teachers’ negotiating team and Ithaca City School District (ICSD) exchanged competing salary proposals and agreed to pause talks until September, leaving raises, step-in-lane mechanics and benefits unresolved.
Ithaca teachers and district negotiators paused collective-bargaining talks on June 12 after the ICSD presented a two‑year counteroffer and the union declined to accept it.
The union’s negotiating team had sought a multi‑year salary package intended to improve recruitment and retention; the district responded with a two‑year proposal of 4.6% in year one and 4.6% in year two and said it would not entertain a “step‑in‑lane” salary schedule. Union negotiators said the offer did not resolve outstanding concerns about mid‑career and veteran pay compression and benefits for working families.
Why it matters: salary structure and benefits were the last unresolved pillars of a contract package that negotiators said otherwise included…
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