Sentences with phrase «city teachers union contract»

In New York, TNTP gathered data on the school staffing rules of the city teachers union contract.

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No group in NYC has amassed more political clout than the teachers union, which has scored a new contract for its members, helped block charter schools from expanding, pushed for the renewal of mayoral control of city schools, and ensured the city education budget continues to soar.

In response to a question from a delegate about the Chicago Teachers Union strike, which led to a successful contract, and the UFT's current, long - running contract battle, Mulgrew contrasted the circumstances faced by educators in Chicago and New York City.

«The contract with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and other school administrators and District Council 37, the city's largest public employee union, expired in March 2010.

The Buffalo teachers union has rejected the latest contract offer from the city school district.

Bill de Blasio and the teachers union struck a deal on a new contract, ending a nearly five - year labor dispute and potentially setting a template for negotiations with the city's other unions.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the teachers union have agreed on a new teachers contract that exempts 200 regular schools from union and city rules.

The city's Department of Education staffing costs are rising sharply in the wake of a 2014 teachers union contract inked by Mayor de Blasio, according to a watchdog report.

The school board has issued letters to city school teachers directly outlining what's in the latest contract offer — claiming teachers might not have been notified by the union leader.

The teachers» union, for example, have agreed to a contract without a salary increase for the first year and a half, while superior officers have assented to keeping their pay flat for 11 months — «zeroes» in public employee parlance, unacceptable to Mr. Lynch, whose members are among the lowest paid big - city cops in the country.

In Buffalo, the city teachers union broke a 12 - year stalemate with a new contract that awards hefty raises for teachers.

The drama has even led to proxy fights between the police unions and United Federation of Teachers — which took the first major contract with the city, setting a precedent for all other unions that uniformed unions have rejected because it contains some years without raises.

News flash: With City Hall and the teachers union negotiating a new contract, union boss Michael Mulgrew asked for the sun and the moon, then promised, «We're not trying to bankrupt the city.&raCity Hall and the teachers union negotiating a new contract, union boss Michael Mulgrew asked for the sun and the moon, then promised, «We're not trying to bankrupt the city.&racity.»

When the Boston School Committee and the local teachers» union announced last week that they had tentatively agreed on a new contract, the pact instantly became a hot - button issue in the city's eight - way mayoral race.

A monthlong teacher strike in Michigan City, Ind., ended late last month after union leaders and administrators reached an agreement on a three - year contract that provides teachers with a 6 - percent salary increase next year and 5 - percent raises in each of the following years.

It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.

The district has been a flash point in Colorado, where the system's difficult relationship with its local teachers union led to the expiration of its contract with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relatiteachers union led to the expiration of its contract with the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relatiTeachers (DCFT)-- a remarkable outcome when one considers how unthinkable that would be even in big cities with contentious district - union relationships.

New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins and the head of the United Federation of Teachers moved last week to deny reports surfacing in the city's daily newspapers that the Mayor had asked the union to renegotiate a contract the school board had ratified only the week befCity Mayor David N. Dinkins and the head of the United Federation of Teachers moved last week to deny reports surfacing in the city's daily newspapers that the Mayor had asked the union to renegotiate a contract the school board had ratified only the week befcity's daily newspapers that the Mayor had asked the union to renegotiate a contract the school board had ratified only the week before.

From observing conditions there and in other cities, we believe that bargaining and related union activity have not only hampered urban public schools with such things as cumbersome contracts, but have introduced practices into the education system that are counterproductive, fomenting a demoralizing pattern of acrimony between teachers and administrators that is fundamentally at odds with effective education.

The Boston Teachers Union reached an agreement last week with city officials on a new salary schedule for teachers, breaking an eight - month deadlock over how to finance the education reforms the contract pTeachers Union reached an agreement last week with city officials on a new salary schedule for teachers, breaking an eight - month deadlock over how to finance the education reforms the contract pteachers, breaking an eight - month deadlock over how to finance the education reforms the contract promises.

A tentative contract in Seattle may give teachers there a greater hand in running their schools than any previous agreement involving a big - city school system, both union and school officials say.

Klein's independence from the teachers union has allowed him to be more outspoken than any other chancellor in the city's history about the adverse impact of the teachers» contract on school management's ability to run schools effectively and efficiently.

KIPP says its teachers work under the same union contract as other New York City teachers but get paid overtime for the extra hours they're at school — in the afternoon, a half - day every other Saturday, and the three weeks of summer school.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's low public rating on improving the city's schools comes as his administration is struggling with the Chicago Teachers Union over a new contract.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said the district's withdrawal of a one - year contract offer was «disingenuous, disturbing and destructive» and called efforts by the city to have teachers pay their full pension contributions «strike - worthyTeachers Union President Karen Lewis said the district's withdrawal of a one - year contract offer was «disingenuous, disturbing and destructive» and called efforts by the city to have teachers pay their full pension contributions «strike - worthyteachers pay their full pension contributions «strike - worthy.»

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the teachers union have agreed on a new teachers contract that exempts 200 regular schools from union and city rules.

The Chicago Teachers Union and the city's school board have agreed to launch a final stage of contract negotiations Feb. 1 if they continue to be unable to reach a deal to replace a contract that expired June 30.

The report arrives as the city and teachers union are negotiating a new contract, where many of those topics will be up for discussion.

New York City teachers have approved a nine - year labor contract, their union announced on Tuesday, a deal that raises pay by 18 percent but leaves questions about the future of their health benefits.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has reached an agreement with the city's teacher's union on a new contract granting $ 3.4 billion in back City Mayor Bill de Blasio has reached an agreement with the city's teacher's union on a new contract granting $ 3.4 billion in back city's teacher's union on a new contract granting $ 3.4 billion in back pay.

Both policies are already permitted under the law and the city's contract with the teachers union — a fact that drew ridicule from UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

The teacher group Educators 4 Excellence wants «excessed» teachers who can't find a full - time job in two April - to - August hiring seasons to be put on unpaid leave, wading into a debate that's a key sticking point in contract negotiations between the city and the teachers union.

As New York City and the union negotiate a new contract, E4E - New York recommends that members of the Absent Teacher Reserve receive two hiring cycles to find a...

In 2005, Ms. Moskowitz, then a city councilwoman, ran for Manhattan borough president and lost — in part because of opposition from the teachers» union, the United Federation of Teachers, which was enraged by a series of hearings she held in the City Council that were critical of work rules embedded in the union's contrcity councilwoman, ran for Manhattan borough president and lost — in part because of opposition from the teachers» union, the United Federation of Teachers, which was enraged by a series of hearings she held in the City Council that were critical of work rules embedded in the union's cteachers» union, the United Federation of Teachers, which was enraged by a series of hearings she held in the City Council that were critical of work rules embedded in the union's cTeachers, which was enraged by a series of hearings she held in the City Council that were critical of work rules embedded in the union's contrCity Council that were critical of work rules embedded in the union's contract.

At a delicate moment for the UFT's talks with City Hall on a new contract, Ms. Moskowitz held hearings on the teachers union's work rules and other restrictions in the contract.

The move by the Morris Jeff board to establish a contract with the union is the second action by a city charter school in the past month that indicates teachers — and school operators — may be willing to give unions a role in education.

Under the agreement, city education officials, with the consent of union leaders, will contract with a company to provide observers, who are to be licensed educators — former teachers, principals or administrators.

Contract talks between the Chicago Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union were expected to resume on Monday after thousands of Chicago's teachers walked off of the job overnight in what has become a national test pitting a Democrat - controlled city against unionized formerTeachers Union were expected to resume on Monday after thousands of Chicago's teachers walked off of the job overnight in what has become a national test pitting a Democrat - controlled city against unionized formerteachers walked off of the job overnight in what has become a national test pitting a Democrat - controlled city against unionized former allies.

In a dramatic move that demonstrates that corporate «school reform» is still on the attack against unions in the nation's largest cities, the Philadelphia «School Reform Commission» late on October 6, 2014 announced that it was canceling the contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT).

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the union representing educators in the city's school district, came out swinging on Monday just hours after the announcement that the School Reform Commission had canceled their contract.

That idea, broached by the city earlier in contract negotiations over a new teachers contract, was again shot down by a Chicago Teachers Union official who promised a fight if it is teachers contract, was again shot down by a Chicago Teachers Union official who promised a fight if it is Teachers Union official who promised a fight if it is pursued.

Pre-Retroactive Pay Raises: How New York City teachers» salaries have grown since their union contract expired in 2009, E.J. McMahon, Issue Brief No. 26, January 2014.

Mehr said the Baltimore schools have been hampered by the city's union contract, which gave the best teachers big pay increases.

For example, when Eva Moskowitz of Success Charter Network was a New York City Councilwoman, she pressed unions to explain why their contracts were protecting mediocrity instead of boosting high performing teachers.

Mehr and Macdonald at City Neighbors said they are happy to have charter school teachers be part of the bargaining unit, but they want the ability to negotiate contract details directly with the union.

Instead of the matching pension contributions paid to the charter teachers that cost the school $ 193 per student on the public - school side, the union contract provides a pension plan that is now costing the city $ 2,605 per year per pupil.

As chair of the Council's Education Committee, I had visited hundreds of city schools and held controversial hearings on everything from toilet paper to the teachers union contract.