After collective agreements are reached, local subsidiaries and MSEA employees focus on contract enforcement – to ensure that headteachers respect the letter and spirit of negotiated agreements and that your workers` rights are respected. “We look forward to a compromise agreement,” said Dianne Shibe, MSEA President. “We are in the process of signing an interim agreement, and we will submit this agreement to all our members to see if they will ratify it, I think they will be happy to see it.” “We are pleased to inform you that we have reached a preliminary agreement with the union and the district on the MSEA collective agreement,” said Dr. Randy Trani, Superintendent of MSBSD. “What I am most pleased about is that we have found a solution, a compromise over a long period of negotiations. I am glad that we were able to find a solution. We can focus on the most important thing, it is the education of children. “Right now, MSEA is setting up schedules to eliminate information and inform our members of what the agreement entails,” Shibe said. “This education work starts on Monday and takes place for a few days. Next week, we will present the ratification votes to the members. Many counties still face local authorities that do not realize how serious these problems are for the attractiveness and attachment of school staff and the attractiveness of an educational career, while so many other labour markets are more lucrative and significantly less stressful. Collective bargaining is contract negotiation – including wages, benefits and working conditions – between employers and employees, and that is one of the most important things the Association of Educators and School Employees does throughout Maryland.

Organizing is the key to the negotiation equation. The greatest strength lies not only in the paying figures, but also in the number of informed and committed members who jointly promote change, seek to improve their working conditions or work for any other important step that members consider a priority. This is why educators appreciate their membership in MSEA: it gives them more voice on the topics that affect them every day in the classroom, in the school building and on the construction site. But your local negotiating team doesn`t operate in a vacuum. Aboriginal people are assisted by experienced MSEA collaborators, as well as coordinated bargaining councils (CBCs), regional networks of local executives and employees who meet monthly during the school year to share their strategies and experiences with staff and community collective agreements. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – On Thursday afternoon, leaders of the Borough Borough District of Matanuska and the Mat-Su Education Association held a joint press conference, during which the two sides announced a compromise on a new teacher contract.