Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Brecksville-Broadview Heights school board has also filed charges against individual teachers.
The Brecksville-Broadview Heights Board of Education and Education Association have accused each other of not fighting fair—officially. Both parties have filed Unfair Labor Practice charges with the State Employment Relations Board, related to this year’s contentious contract negotiations. Here's a look at the charges that have been filed in the past few months: A representative of the State Employment Relations Board said in an email that the five cases are still under investigation, and dates for the board to consider the cases have not been scheduled at this time. The charges were provided by the State Employment Relations Board and can be found in the PDFs above. For reactions and more details on the charges, check out the articles …
Brecksville-Broadview Heights Education Association spokesman Joe Zenir reacts to the board’s Unfair Labor Practice charges.
The school board’s Unfair Labor Practice charges against the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Education Association and individual teachers don’t make much sense to association spokesman Joe Zenir. “It doesn’t seem like it has a lot of purpose,” Zenir said. Zenir said the move seemed like a form of intimidation, adding that the union just wants to be back at the negotiating table. Brecksville-Broadview Heights’ school board sees it differently. Board of Education President David Tryon said that they believe the union and those teachers have been providing false information to the public and making disparaging statements. The board wouldn’t have a problem with teachers talking about the issues if the information was accurate, he said. The …
Brecksville-Broadview Heights’ school board President David Tryon reacts to the teacher union’s Unfair Labor Practice charge.
David Tryon, president of the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Board of Education, doesn’t think the teacher union’s Unfair Labor Practice charge will stand up in a hearing. “We believe that we acted lawfully,” Tryon said. The union—the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Education Association—filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the board with the State Employment Relations Board on April 11. The charge alleges that the board’s negotiation news website, which has published the contract proposals from both sides, is “an attempt to create ill will” toward the association. The charge further says that the board is not negotiating in good faith and is attempting to directly deal. Association spokesman Joe Zenir said the board’s website doesn’…
Donald
10:18 am on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Robert K Please your kinning me " Teachers dadication to our kids" no my good man "Teachers dedication to money". Talk to some of the kids...... If I were the teachers I would take the deal today time is running out........ By the way they just got a 10% pay raise right? "For the love of money" great song by the OJ'S more ›