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Translators and interpreters criticize sudden end to home-office arrangements
Summary
Translation and interpretation staff told the board that a new district decision to end home-based work and consolidate interpreters in shared on-site rooms jeopardizes confidentiality and productivity; union leaders said they were not consulted and asked for bargaining and reversal.
Multiple translators and interpreters addressed trustees during public comment on Aug. 14 to protest a recent district decision ending remote home-office arrangements and moving interpretation staff to shared on-site workspaces.
Sedevaya Hurtado and other translation staff described long experience providing remote interpretation for IEPs and other high'stakes meetings and said the home-office environment provides the quiet and confidentiality necessary for accurate…
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