That's what happened in Buffalo, where failed attempts to negotiate plans for 20 receivership schools led Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to grant Superintendent Kriner Cash power to make
certain contractual changes without union consent.
In 2000, more than 30 grassroots groups and foundations found common ground and agitated successfully
for contractual changes that made it easier for schools to fill teaching vacancies with outside hires and harder for unwanted teachers with seniority to bump talented first - year teachers from the classroom.
More control over staffing — Several applications pursued
a contractual change that would enable mutual consent — which requires principals and teachers to both agree on staffing placements.
An E4E member who has been teaching in the district for almost a decade put it best when she recently cast her vote in favor of
the contractual change: «Today, I feel equally proud of my district, my union and my peers.»
Meanwhile, staunch unionists worried that
the contractual change would signal the end of a truly united union.
Prior to
the contractual change, pioneering teachers were quietly pushing our union and district to embrace local, teacher - led reform.
This was because
the contractual change wasn't decidedly pro-union or pro-district.
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Contractual changes» are clauses that permit an employer the right to make virtually any change to your job, such as a demotion or reassignment, which they otherwise could not do.
Contractual changes can be agreed despite not meeting contract formalities, says Chris Nillesen
Making requests for approving any amendments in regard to
contractual changes or extension of contracts