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AAA notifies Escondido Union board it will open contract talks on hours, benefits and salaries
Summary
At a public hearing the AAA bargaining chair said the union will 'sunshine' proposals on work hours, employee benefits and salaries; the district added it will sunshining items on evaluations and another article. The announcement starts the formal negotiation process.
Crystal Zinn, the AAA bargaining chair, formally notified the board that AAA will open negotiations and "we are opening up the following: Article 10, which is work hours work year, article 16, which is employee benefits, article 17, which is salaries," and that the union will revisit existing memoranda of understanding.
The district noted it would add Article 14 (evaluations) and Article 22 to the sunshining notice. Board President Harper closed the public hearing after all written communications were distributed. The presentation marked the start of the formal bargaining timeline; no tentative agreements were announced at the meeting.
Why it matters: sunshining is a procedural step that publicly identifies which contract articles each party intends to negotiate. The announcement signals that work schedules, pay and benefits will be a focus in the coming bargaining sessions and that both sides will have an opportunity to present proposals and discuss timelines.
What happens next: AAA and district negotiators will begin the exchange of proposals and bargaining sessions. The board preserved normal process and did not take action on bargaining terms during the hearing.
