Teachers union clashes with Florida school district
A Palm Beach County School District proposal that would provide raises for half of the teachers on the Florida county's payroll was recently rejected by union officials, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
As a result of the district's $35 million operating budget shortfall, school superintendent Bill Malone said the county can only offer salary boosts to teachers in their first 10 years of employment.
Classroom Teachers Association's interim executive director Tony Hernandez said that the union is willing to be flexible as long as all teachers receive raises.
"We certainly understand the fiscal restraints and the financial crisis here [but] we're a union for all, we're not a union for some," he said during a collective bargaining session, the news source reports.
Under the district's proposal, 6,480 of the system's 12,050 teachers would have qualified for the 2.3 percent to 3.2 percent raises.
Union allowances in the contracts of Wisconsin state employees recently came under fire as well. Some raised concerns over the fact that employees are able to include sick leave and vacation time in their work weeks, allowing them to accrue overtime pay without working for 40 hours, according to the Chippewa Herald.
As a result of the district's $35 million operating budget shortfall, school superintendent Bill Malone said the county can only offer salary boosts to teachers in their first 10 years of employment.
Classroom Teachers Association's interim executive director Tony Hernandez said that the union is willing to be flexible as long as all teachers receive raises.
"We certainly understand the fiscal restraints and the financial crisis here [but] we're a union for all, we're not a union for some," he said during a collective bargaining session, the news source reports.
Under the district's proposal, 6,480 of the system's 12,050 teachers would have qualified for the 2.3 percent to 3.2 percent raises.
Union allowances in the contracts of Wisconsin state employees recently came under fire as well. Some raised concerns over the fact that employees are able to include sick leave and vacation time in their work weeks, allowing them to accrue overtime pay without working for 40 hours, according to the Chippewa Herald.
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