The teachers union is demanding back-and-forth bargaining for “common good proposals” intended to provide racial and environmental justice to students.
And although the district has now extended two consecutive offers for a new labor contract without receiving a real counterproposal, the faculty union — whose teachers have been on strike since Thursday — says it isn’t impressed.
Formal in-person negotiations have stalled since the Oakland Education Association accused the district of “unfair labor practice” for not agreeing to bargain over the “common good” proposals. On the salary end, both sides acknowledge they are close to a deal for 10% retroactive raises for OEA members, plus a one-time bonus of $5,000 and salary increases ranging from 13% to 22% next school year.
The errors amount mostly to typos — one section of the contract proposal, for instance, appears to mistakenly suggest that the class size for middle school P.E. would be two students. “With students back in school, we can then work together with community partners and elected officials to support the issues in the Common Good proposal,” the district said in the release.
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