Sentences with phrase «teachers contract dispute»

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Later that year, at the PGA at Valhalla, Norman and Harmon got into a dispute over Harmon's clothing contract, and Norman fired his teacher in the middle of a practice round.

CHICAGO (Reuters)- Public school teachers in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three - year contract, ending a bitter dispute with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over school reforms that prompted the first strike of city teachers in 25 years.

When Buffalo teachers finally settled their long - standing contract dispute last fall, some thought it was a signal that their battle - tested leader, Phil Rumore, 75, would ride off into the sunset.

Now that the Buffalo School District and Buffalo Teachers Federation resolved a lengthy contract dispute, what's next for the long - time union leader?

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.

The bill would also change union negotiating laws that would encourage teachers unions to settle contract disputes.

The Buffalo union, along with its parent group New York State United Teachers, funneled thousands of dollars and other resources into the races, backing candidates who seemed willing to resolve the contract dispute.

Finding arguments put forth by KIPP Academy to be «without merit,» the United States Court of Appeals today rejected an attempt by KIPP to use the federal court to avoid arbitrating a contract dispute with the United Federation of Teachers.

Public - school teachers in Oakland, Calif., working without a contract since July, last week struck the city's 51,000 - student school system in a pay dispute.

The bill was drafted in reaction to a contract dispute in Warwick that twice erupted into teachers» strikes last year.

In a pointed attack on the Michigan Education Association, the Michigan legislature last week cleared a bill that would set fines and penalties for local teachers who strike over contract disputes and limit the teachers» union's collective - bargaining clout.

If the dispute about the contract, which formally expired on Aug. 31, could not be settled, the Cleveland Teachers Union threatened to strike on Sept. 4.

Teachers in Salem, Mass., returned to work last week after a two - week walkout, and several districts around the country neared settlements in contract disputes.

As the recent contract dispute at the American Federation of Teachers made clear, the A.F.T. and the National Education Association are not just labor unions: They are employers faced with many of the same issues as the school districts with which their members negotiate.

For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluation...

According to the Las Vegas Sun, the district will replace about 1,000 teachers who are expected to resign or retire and hire 700 teachers for new positions and another 300 to expand preschool and kindergarten, with the help of $ 38.6 million saved in an arbitration ruling following a contract dispute with the teachers» union.

CHICAGO — For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third - largest city — and to a national audience — less than a week after most schools opened for fall.

Working the contract: Teachers in Hillsborough County will protest their contract dispute with the district by «working to the contract» for the week after Thanksgiving.

The recent teacher strike in Chicago was due in part to a contract dispute about the extent to which student test scores should be used to rate a teacher's performance.

Durham teaching assistant members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) have rejected a proposed agreement from Durham County Council, after a long running dispute over loss of salary which would result in a move to term - time only contracts.