MPS board votes to ask union for pension concession to save jobs
By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee School Board voted Tuesday night to ask the teachers union for up to a 5.8% pension contribution, which potentially could be done under legislation passed last week by the Legislature's budget committee. That legislation, if passed by the full Legislature, would allow districts to enter into side agreements without reopening contracts.
If the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association agreed to the pension contribution, the $19.2 million generated could save 198 teaching positions, including 51 positions in the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education, or SAGE, program, according to district estimates. That program allows an 18-to-1 student-to- teacher ratio in kindergarten through third grade at schools with qualifying low-income children.
The union will not return to the table, since it already settled a contract that runs through 2013, according to Mike Langyel, MTEA president. "We are not willing to negotiate. We have concluded bargaining.
BYE BYE TEACHERS... :sadwave:
Maybe You Lemmings will Finally GET IT because YOU just GOT IT RIGHT IN THE ASS!
And Guess What You STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR DUES AS LONG AS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF MTEA WORKING OR NOT.. ENJOY!!! :142smilie
By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee School Board voted Tuesday night to ask the teachers union for up to a 5.8% pension contribution, which potentially could be done under legislation passed last week by the Legislature's budget committee. That legislation, if passed by the full Legislature, would allow districts to enter into side agreements without reopening contracts.
If the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association agreed to the pension contribution, the $19.2 million generated could save 198 teaching positions, including 51 positions in the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education, or SAGE, program, according to district estimates. That program allows an 18-to-1 student-to- teacher ratio in kindergarten through third grade at schools with qualifying low-income children.
The union will not return to the table, since it already settled a contract that runs through 2013, according to Mike Langyel, MTEA president. "We are not willing to negotiate. We have concluded bargaining.
BYE BYE TEACHERS... :sadwave:
Maybe You Lemmings will Finally GET IT because YOU just GOT IT RIGHT IN THE ASS!
And Guess What You STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR DUES AS LONG AS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF MTEA WORKING OR NOT.. ENJOY!!! :142smilie
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