Responding to the report of a fact-khose received by the district on Tuesday night, Pedro Martinez, CEO of Chicago Public Schools, said that he is even more sure that there is no need for teachers’ strike after the report, saying, saying, “What are our teachers going to strike about?”
As part of the collective bargaining process, the District and Chicago Teachers Union last month presented comprehensive briefs to Martin Malin, a third -party law mediated law, both groups have not yet agreed to make recommendations on the remaining contract proposals. Reviewing the arguments presented by both sides, Malin released a fact-filled fact-filled reports to CPS and CTU, which has now been made public after rejection of the report.
As the Sangh has rejected the facts of facts and facts, Malin’s other remaining contracts citing lack of recommendations for sticking points, such as teacher evaluation, time of presenting time and orbit, this 30-day After March, it opens the door for the strike. The cooling-off period after the report, if both sides do not agree.
However, Martinez said that he is even more sure after the report that there is no need for strike.
Martinez said, “There is nothing to justify the strike.” “In this process, my team has come to the table every day in good faith. He listened to our employees even when we could not agree on the proposals. We either explained or we gave a counterproposal that was addressing the real issue. This is why I do not see it. ,
Chief Labor Relations Officer Miguel Perata said on Thursday that the district had no opportunity to either accept or reject “.
“One of the things is that CTU rejected the proposal without really engaging in a conversation with us whether these recommendations would be appropriate for the land, eventually, a deal, so we were not given that opportunity,” Perata Said.
While the Sangh announced yesterday that the mediat report “explosion” the district’s claim that it could not put more financial resources in schools, Martinez said the report confirmed what was saying with the district.
Citing the recommendation of facts and poz about an increase for teachers, Malin said in his report that the Union proposal for an increase of 5% in the first two years of the contract “the amount of cash available to cover it More than, “he is therefore recommended. CPS proposal increased by 4% in the first two years of the contract, and 4 to 5% in years 3 and 4.
The district has also said that it is the biggest teacher, which CPS has introduced to the union till date, since last 2011 from 2% to 3.5% and during the school years of 2015-16 and 2016-17 Does not arise.
“(Our teachers) deserve liberal compensation and we believe that we have met that time,” said CPS chief Pratibha Ben Felton. “But as the fact-and-the-face report clearly says, what is on the table right now, it can spend most of the district student programming and without putting the jobs of the existing employees, which we have, we have, we have Can not do this.
The district and union have also come to a crossroads related to staffing. While the Sangh is proposing to add more than one thousand additional staffing posts, the district has ensured that it is unable to bear it, saying that CPS is not a way to pay for 1,000 additional posts. , Even if they are in the ramp, “said Felton.
While the Fact-Fireer agreed with the district about some proposals on staffing, such as technology coordinator, case manager, fine art teachers and counselors to hire, fact-khoj along with 90 additional librarians as well as Eight additional initial initially recommended the Sangh’s proposal. Childhood family engagement coordinator in four years of contract.
Fact-Khoj recommended the district to maintain the existing school staffing model that allocates posts based on the needs of the student, highlighting the district’s requirement that “flexibility to deal with contingencies such as significant funding deficiency.”
Although facts and facts did not release recommendations for all the issues presented to him, several remating the CPS and CTU for further interaction, Peratta said that the report throws light on how many sides in bargaining. Are close. Perata said it would take time to fully review the recommendations in the district and analyze their financial impact, and that the district is committed to bargaining in harmony.
“Fact-Finder reports bring us closer to resolving major issues, and we are focused on using this speed, which is to reach a fair and responsible temporary agreement which is our teachers, students and our Supports schools, “Perata said.
Returning to the bargaining table on Thursday, both the Sangh and the district have said that they are planning to continue the conversation, with the hope that the report “will provide an opportunity to the two sides to get closer to a final temporary agreement, “Perata said.