Monday, February 25, 2013
Valley View School District and Valley View Council Local 604 of the American Federation of Teachers have yet to announce an agreement for a new contract.
Valley View School District 365U teachers are still working off of an expired teachers' contract, one employee told Patch. The contract for Valley View School District 365U teachers expired in August. A proposed contract was voted down overwhelmingly in September based on salary, higher insurance premiums and changes to the daily schedule, according to the Bugle. Of the 1,800 certified and classified members, 92 percent rejected the contract. One teacher aide from Valley View said that as of Feb. 20, she had not received another contract to vote on. The union received a counter proposal and the union and the district are continuing negotiations, the Bugle reported in November. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There are plenty of ways to…
Monday, November 26, 2012
As of Nov. 21, Valley View School District and Valley View Council Local 604 of the American Federation of Teachers had yet to reach a contract agreement.
The contract for Valley View School District 365U teachers expired in August, and as of Nov. 21, according to the Bolingbrook Bugle, there still has been no agreement for a new one. A proposed contract was voted down overwhelmingly in September based on salary, higher insurance premiums and changes to the daily schedule, according to the Bugle. Of the 1,800 certified and classified members, 92 percent rejected the contract. The union received a counter proposal and the union and the district are continuing negotiations, according to the Bugle, but an agreement is not likely before the end of the year. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There are plenty of ways to keep up on Bolingbrook news:
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Negotiations set to start this month.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Victoria Sutterlin, president of The Valley View Council, Local 604 of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO and Steve Quigley, president of Valley View Community Unit School District 365U, issued the following joint statement today: Bargaining for a new contractual agreement will begin later this month. Everyone involved has indicated a desire to keep the process short, positive and productive. Considering the mandates of the recently implemented Senate Bill 7 in Illinois, as well as local issues important to both the Union and the Board of Education, there will be no shortage of items to be discussed. Nonetheless, it is the intent of both negotiating teams to conduct these negotiations in a professional and productive manner. The…
Friday, January 27, 2012
Special meeting scheduled for Saturday.
The Valley View Board of Education will hold a special executive session meeting Saturday morning to discuss collective bargaining with the teachers’ union. Board president Steve Quigley said the discussion will center around next year’s contract with the American Federation of Teachers Local 604. “This is just so we can talk about what we’re going to do going forward,” Quigley said, adding negotiations have yet to begin. “We haven’t even sat down with them.” The current AFT contract expires June 30. Quigley said the meeting is unrelated to discussions with members of the transportation union. This week, the board heard from representatives of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3057. The union, …
Sunday, October 16, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Work continues on casino compromise It’s a sure bet that gaming expansion will come up during the Illinois Legislature’s fall veto session, but who will win and who will bust is uncertain. A plan to add five casinos throughout the state, expand the number of places where people can make betsat each casino, and allow video gambling at horse tracks eked out of the Legislature this spring but stalled in the face of opposition from Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn has criticized the legislation repeatedly, calling it “top heavy.” “The bill that they have proposed has many, many defects, and …
vvsdmom&teacher
5:45 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Really? You have no clue. Go spend a week in your local school and see what teachers put up with. And now they want to cut pay and increase insurance premiums. Yet Mitchem and the rest of the administrators get a raise and get free insurance that will be paid for by the teachers. Mitchem just received over $60,000 for an online "degree" but teachers, who actually work with your children get next … more ›