Philly schools cancel Teachers' union contracts

Corbett knows he's being voted out in a month so he only has a few more weeks to jam dildos in the asses of his enemies.

 

A lot of this goes back to when there was economic prosperity and it seemed the rule of thumb followed by many who dealt with unions, particularly when it came to government agencies, was to just give the unions what they wanted in the hopes there would be no controversy making the headlines.

When contract negotiations take place, especially involving government agencies, there's going to be "he said, he said" arguments that make the headlines. Those in the negotiations just need to accept that it comes with the territory and ride it out.

When one side (or both) is too worried about how negotiations are being covered by whoever, all they are doing is setting themselves for a bad deal they might not be able to get out of later.

 

A bit more:

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/school_files/SRC-cancels-teachers-contract.html

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Best I can tell, the contract expired some months ago. The two sides have been negotiating for close to two years without a deal.

 

Right. The contract expired last summer (2013).

 

Is there a law preventing the teachers from striking? If not, don't be surprised if they take a walk.

 

That changes everything.

 

Then the thread title is wrong.

 

Probably not. There's probably some kind of clause that keeps them working under the existing conditions.

During my life in the union, I was probably working under an evergreen clause for more total time than I was working under an actual contract.

 

I don't know many details here but, typically, terms and conditions of expired labor contracts live on and cannot (legally) be unilaterally abandoned.

 

I would assume that $70 a month figure would hit the highest-paid teachers in Philadelphia, who make about $83,000 annually. For them the new deal is a 1.01% hit. The $21 a month figure would be a 0.5% hit for the lowest-paid teachers in Philadelphia (who make a bit more than $45K).

If a strike occurs over this, I suspect it will have far less to do with the actual dollar amounts than with the fact that the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers will no longer be administering the health plan.

 

Unless it's written into the state law referenced above that the "Reform Commission" was given that power. That's what the legal fight will be about.