UASF Updates #26 - 5.7.21
Negotiations/Mediation/Unions of SFUSD
5.7.21-Your negotiation team met to continue to exchange Articles from our expired CBA. Greg Johns presented to us information on high school seniors reporting back to sites as early as May 14, 2021. We agreed on Article 16, Duration of the Contract. We gave the District a counter offer on Article 12, Allegations of Misconduct/Investigations of Complaints and the District gave us a counter offer on Article 9, Appointment, Transfer, and Reassignment. We are still crafting our response to the District on Article 7. Our next negotiation session is set for May 13, 2021.
5.6.21-WE DID IT! After working with state Mediator, Jun Payoyo, for twelve straight hours, UASF and SFUSD came to an agreement on your MOU for Reopening Schools and Worksites for the 2020-2021 School Year for Hybrid/In-Person/Distance Learning Instruction and Work. Once the MOU agreement has been signed by both parties, hopefully by Monday, we will send you a google form with the MOU for you to vote on. We will be holding informational meetings Wednesday, 5/12 and Thursday, 5/13 of next week from 4-5 pm to provide you pertinent information and allow for questions on the MOU.
5.4.21-Your UASF Negotiation team met and strategized for their 5.6.21 Mediation with the District.
5.3.21-Unions of SFUSD-Joan and Jolie met with the other Unions to prepare for the Health and Safety meeting with SFUSD on Wednesday.
5.5.21-Health & Safety union representatives met with the District. We focused on the need for nurses/health aides, safe drinking water, notification of cases and ventilation. This is a monthly meeting to monitor implementation of the H&S MOU.
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UASF/Labor/HR Meeting
5.3.21-The Co EDs held their monthly meeting with HR/LR. We shared with them that the new EMpower SFsystem has members feeling that they are given extra work to hire employees. HR responded that there would be training on the new system and that it offers many tools to assist administrators. We inquired about the status of the Prop. G litigation but there was no update available.
Cohort Meetings
5.6.21-Middle School Principal Cohort Meeting-Michael Stachon held a MS Principal Cohort Meeting and the continued concerns regarding the workload were adamantly addressed and wanted to know the status of our MOU being finalized.
5.3.21-UASF Directors and representatives met with the Asst. Superintendents Bill Sanderson and Han Phung. The representatives brought up issues centered on reopening for the fall as well as issues related to reopening this spring.