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Union president urges fair bargaining as MCCSC opens public hearing on teacher compensation
Summary
At a required public hearing ahead of collective bargaining, MCEA president Noble Kucera told the MCCSC board the union will seek wages and benefit improvements and said state funding cuts have left teachers struggling; the hearing consisted of one public comment and then closed to permit bargaining to proceed.
The Monroe County teachers’ exclusive representative opened the public hearing on teacher compensation at the Monroe County Community School Corporation meeting on Aug. 26, urging the board to bargain in good faith as formal negotiations approach.
Jenny Noble Kucera, president of the MCEA, said the union will begin collective bargaining next month and listed subjects covered under state law, including salary, wages and wage-related fringe benefits such as health and…
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