Sentences with phrase «bargaining process for»

In 2014, the government enacted the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act («SBCBA») to replace the PSFA and govern the collective bargaining process for school boards.

She is a member of the Chandler Education Association and was part of the Super Q Committee which is comprised of administrators, certified and classified personnel as a part of the bargaining process for contracts and benefits.

Not exact matches

Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau said earlier this week the government is watching the situation because of its implications for grain and other commodity movements, but remains hopeful the bargaining process will result in a solution.

A Congressional committee has begun the process for writing legislation that may rescue as many as 200 collectively bargained pension plans from insolvency.

If ratified, the agreement provides a mediation - arbitration process that will conclude collective agreements for bargaining committees for health care, nursing, support services, and administrative professionals.

Advancing a modernization agenda such as this should be a top priority, but it carries risks if not carefully managed.In areas where management is looking for change, it will be important to not seek unnecessary confrontation and to ensure that union leaders and members are treated with respect in the bargaining process.

The council said if ratified over the coming weeks, the process will conclude collective agreements for all four bargaining committees in health care, nursing, support services, and administrative professionals.

I think that during the grief process of our internal hopes (for relationship, for acceptance, for belonging to a group, etc.), we most likely experience the Kubler - Ross model: shock / denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally, acceptance.

It may be that, but it may also be the place where for the first time the worker and his employer meet with such balance of power that each is forced to listen to the position of the other.22 Some employers have been won over to the collective bargaining method through the discovery that they could learn more about efficient production through this process.23

Furthermore, they say these developed countries must give them, at bargain rates or for free, new technology for emissions control and a transfer of intellectual property rights to any new clean technology so they can copy the processes and not have to pay to import them from the West.

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

A strong multilateral statement of support in Bali for successful completion would have put pressure on the US Congress to give the President the fast - track trade promotion authority he would prefer to have for the final stages of the bargaining process.

The bill is aimed at simplifying the process for when a person joins a public - sector labor union and is aimed at combating so - called «right - to - work» requirements that weaken or strip collective bargaining powers.

But the bargain, which could have included extending mayoral control of New York City schools in the process, was ultimately not to be as lawmakers adjourned for what they said was the rest of the year.

In fact, we managers would welcome the ability to bargain in good faith for givebacks, rather than putting the process in the hands of out - of - touch arbitrators.

There was a reason why even FDR was against public employees unions and I quote «All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service, It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management» «The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations» «The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress.

The argument is largely reflected by the opponents of the con - con, who worry the delegate selection process will be controlled by wealthy interests who could roll back hard - won collective bargaining rights and protections for the environment.

That process was changed under the law that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers and required them to pay more for their health insurance and pension benefits.

Early in the bargaining process, Carl Weisbrod, the director of the Department of City Planning and Alicia Glen, the deputy mayor for housing and economic development, eagerly declared that developer Alma Realty had agreed to committing 20 percent of the new floor space to low and middle - income units.

He also proposed eliminating holiday bonuses for future uniformed retirees and called on Albany to overturn a State law that prohibits the city from negotiating pensions as part of its collective bargaining process.

«If he's really interested in improving the schools his administration has mishandled, he will send his negotiators back to the bargaining table to reach an agreement on a new teacher evaluation process for these schools,» he said.

«Union release has been in effect for more than a half - century as part of the city's collective - bargaining process, but we're doing what we can to bring down city costs.»

Nestle: Right, but our food system has changed and right now because of farm policies that support the production of cheap ingredients in processed foods, processed foods are much cheaper per calorie than our unprocessed foods and vegetables per calorie; so that if you look at the studies that have been done, if you look at the cost of processed foods, it is a much greater bargain for somebody who is poor to buy junk food than it is to buy foods that are fresh.

For generations, they have been able to control policy change by focusing attention on the adults in the schools through the contract bargaining process, through labor laws in the legislature and through a supportive media environment.

The case for reforming the collective bargaining process has become so strong that even some union supporters have sought to persuade union locals to abandon an industrial model of contract negotiations for a more collaborative «new unionism.»

In this forum Linda Kaboolian says that collective bargaining is here to stay, but offers ways to make it more educationally productive; Howard Fuller and George Mitchell lament the impediments that collective bargaining has imposed on the learning process and call for more transparency; and Eva Moskowitz, a former New York City councilwoman, wonders if the system isn't «too broke to fix.»

Collective Bargaining: The process by which a district and a union representing teachers arrive at a contract spelling out work hours and conditions, salary, benefits, and processes for handling grievances.

Chargeable activities: collective bargaining; preparations for strikes; grievance processing; «communications with bargaining unit members regarding services they receive»; professional development; NEA award programs; union «leadership and management skills training and techniques; and costs associated with the union's representative bodies.»

Collective bargaining and the negotiation process: A primer for school board negotiators.

The news media need to push aggressively for greater public access to the bargaining process.

States should improve their teacher licensing processes to ensure that the effectiveness of all teachers is assessed on a regular basis as a condition for the granting and renewal of a state teaching license — regardless of the particular criteria for evaluation and tenure laid out in state tenure laws and collective bargaining contracts

In order to realize those goals, the NSTA supports the forging of collective bargaining agreements designed to guarantee substitute teachers development and training programs, improved wages and health benefits, a fair evaluation and grievance process, and the right to full unbiased consideration for contractual employment.

It's important to note that the entire collective bargaining process is not beneficial for many teachers and their students.

If you missed the contract conventions and survey and are wondering how you can weigh in on what issues matter to you, never fear - the union is hosting an opportunity for community members to discuss the latest bargaining update and advocacy throughout the bargaining process.

«After 18 bargaining sessions since July, LAUSD has yet to present legitimate counterproposals on key elements of our Schools LA Students Deserve campaign,» the union said in a statement, listing class sizes, due process for housed teachers, support for restorative justice programs and elimination of teacher evaluations among the issues on which progress has been elusive.

As for the call to involve parents in labor negotiations, Khoury said there could be legal obstacles because all unions would have to agree to them being part of the bargaining process.

Leaders from the teachers union and district have worked together to adopt a framework for the new evaluation system through the collective bargaining process.

A controversial reform measure headed for the 2016 ballot could cut public pension costs by giving taxpayers a say on retirement plans — but it could upend collective bargaining in the process, according to several analyses.

CASBO members are responsible for the non-curriculum aspects of the school district including: accounting and reporting; financial planning and budgeting; operation and maintenance of school facilities; administering personnel functions; purchasing and supply management; data processing; food service operations; grant applications and reporting; insurance; collective bargaining and transportation.

The governor who proposed doing away with tenure (the very system that ensures that public school teachers have due process) and who actually proposed eliminating the right for some public school teachers to collectively bargain, is now claiming that he «firmly believes» in the very rights he proposed taking away.

I firmly believe that teachers, health care professionals, and all workers should have the right to collectively bargain — for good wages and benefits, due process and a voice at work.»

Designing and implementing strategies to improve contracting and bargaining practices, salary and compensation programs, performance review processes, and incentive programs for strong leaders; and

That's the vision of all three alternatives the Grand County Council is considering as it decides on recommendations to submit for Rep. Rob Bishop's public lands initiative — a legislative process geared toward resolving eastern Utah's land use battles in one «grand bargain.»

For one thing, unlike Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Chicago's Mayor Emanuel has shown no interest in changing the bargaining process itself.

The press conference highlighted the crisis LA public schools face, the causes, and community solutions such as community schools, increasing revenues and per pupil spending, and utilizing the contract bargaining process to win victories for the entire school community.

In an addendum to its response, the district expressed a willingness for further discussion on the union's desire to improve overall educational opportunities and outcomes; and those, the district said, «will occur within the collective bargaining meetings and within the consultation process as appropriate, and will involve use of sub-committees and focus groups as needed.»

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The car - buying process is usually a 3 - 6 month process for my mother as she bargains & hassles back / forth, but this time everything was accomplished in 2 days!

And, in the process, Frederick and Jette's progeny sometimes discover more about themselves than they had bargained for.