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Coventry teachers union president tells school committee town council cannot nullify ratified contract
Summary
Kelly Aranakis, president of the Coventry Teachers Alliance, told the School Committee that under Title 16 of the Rhode Island General Laws the elected school committee—not the town council—holds authority to enter into collective bargaining contracts and urged the committee to defend that authority.
Kelly Aranakis, president of the Coventry Teachers Alliance, told the Coventry School Committee during public comment that the union had negotiated and ratified a contract and that state law grants the elected school committee authority over contracts. “The contract is ratified,” Aranakis said, urging the committee not to allow the town…
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