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The Vallejo Education Association (VEA) is the exclusive representative of all the certificated employees in the Vallejo City Unified School District.
Tentative Agreement Reached! VEA and VCUSD reached a tentative agreement on K-12 school calendars for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years. After three full days of bargaining with the District, we reached a tentative agreement on calendars for two years. This agreement includes an increase to $250 for each of the three voluntary staff development/buyback days. The agreement also includes one full day of uninterrupted classroom preparation time at the beginning of the school year with a ½ day of uninterrupted classroom preparation time on the last work day of the school year. We will get copies of the calendar at school sites by next week. Now that we have an agreement on K-12, VEA and VCUSD will meet with Adult School and Child Development Centers to work on their calendars. Information about calendar ratification by VEA unit members will be available soon. Day of the Teacher Even though the weather was hot, over 260 teachers came to celebrate "Day of the Teacher." The wonderful food was provided by Zio Fraedo's on the beautiful Vallejo waterfront. You can view pictures of this event by going to the blog. Day 3 - VEA/VCUSD Negotiations STALL . . . STALL . . . STALL . . . VEA and VCUSD were scheduled to meet for 7 hours in negotiations to try to and get a calendar for the 2008 to 2009 school year. Out of the 6 available hours to bargain this important issue, VEA was kept waiting for 5 of the 6 hours. With only 21 school days left, we still do not know when school will start. TICK . . . TICK . . . TICK . . . Time is running out. You still need to vote on a calendar. However, you don't have one to vote on! Reminder! Wear your BLUE on Monday to support CSEA and WHITE on Wednesday to support VEA. Look for new ribbons from your action team member. Blog your thoughts on negotiations by going to the VEA Blog! Day 2 - VEA/VCUSD Negotiations On Wednesday, April 30th, your Bargaining team met with the District to discuss the calendar and buy back days for the 2008 to 2009 school year. While the Bargaining team gave proposals to the District over the calendar and attempted in good faith to reach an agreement, we later learned that the District was merely exchanging “concepts” and not proposals. It is the opinion of the Bargaining Team that the District engaged in regressive bargaining when their last “concept” was significantly less than their previous “concept.” As of April 30 th , we still do not have an agreement on the 2008 to 2009 calendar. Our next bargaining session is scheduled for May 7 th . Bargaining Team Meets with District On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, the Bargaining Team met for the first time with the District to begin the negotiation process. At this first meeting, both sides were able to go over their prospective proposals. The next date that Bargaining has to meet with the District is on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. VEA Steps into the Blog-o-Sphere! We are excited to announce that we have set up blog for our VEA members. Blogs are a very interactive forum in which issues can be posted and discussed. Our VEA Blog can be found by pointing your browser to http://www.myvea.org/wordpress. Please be sure to drop by and post a comment. Ten Minute Meeting Your VEA reps are planning on hosting upcoming meetings regarding important issues to our members. Please take the time to attend these meetings as all we are requesting is ten minutes of your time. Is there something you would like covered in a ten minute meeting? Please feel free to e-mail us. Bargaining & Action You may now e-mail the Bargaining and Action Teams directly with your questions and concerns. Look under "Contacts" on the left-hand side of this page and click one of the e-mail links. This will open your e-mail program.
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