bargaining
Know Your Rights: ‘Tis the Season for Non-Renewal of Employment Contracts
From the Executive Director Jim Ballard
The next ten weeks is the season for non-renewal for school administrator employment contracts. If your contract is at risk, please call us early in the process. Please, don’t wait. More than once I’ve had members call asking for help and telling me that the Board meeting was scheduled that afternoon!
There’s No Comparison
By Peter Silveri
Labor Relations Consultant
Michigan Association of School Boards
Don't Bargain on It: Prohibited Subjects of Bargaining
In 1994, the Michigan Legislature enacted Public Act 112. PA 112 amended the Public Employment Relations Act (PERA) by putting more teeth into the longstanding ban on strikes and by delineating prohibited subjects of bargaining. While wages, hours, and working conditions remain mandatory subjects of bargaining, the prohibited subjects are:
1. Determination of the Insurance Policyholder
Know Your Rights: ‘Tis the Season for Non-Renewal of Employment Contracts
From the Executive Director Jim Ballard
The next ten weeks is the season for non-renewal for school administrator employment contracts. If your contract is at risk, please call us early in the process. Please, don’t wait. More than once I’ve had members call asking for help and telling me that the Board meeting was scheduled that afternoon!
MASSP Podcast: Your Role As a Bargaining Association (Tom Derderain)
"Take One For The Team" Doesn't Seem to Work for Building Principals
Saturday, March 1st, the association hosted an event for members to come together to share their experiences and ideas about contract strategies for their local bargaining association. Twenty-five MASSP members listened as Tom White, Executive Director of the school business officials gave insight to school funding, the Michigan economy, and retirement issues to understand when at the bargaining table. Tom Derderian, the labor attorney used by MASSP advised on strategies and answered questions specific to member contracts and group obligations. After Mr.
It's a Principal's Welfare Issue
Do you ever have those projects that you have a personal attachment to? Well our workshop entitled, Negotiating Your Contract is one of those for me. I remember one year being told to open the matchbook cover the Supt. handed me to see what my next year's salary and benefits would be. Ever since that time I've always had a slow burn regarding the way building administrators are treated.
