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According to MEA President Sue Hannan, the tone of the two-hour session was “positive and productive.”
As the board’s negotiators were unprepared to discuss the proposals, the teams scheduled a subsequent meeting on November 1, 2019.
Dr. Jill Biden met with 11 educators, all members of the National Education Association (NEA) – New Hampshire, which has 17,000 members statewide.
It was clear to anyone paying attention that the team addressed critical issues and concerns in their approach – while keeping the taxpayers in this city in mind as well.
Members of the BOSC contract negotiation team presented their side of the protracted negotiations process to the full Board during a special public meeting at City Hall on Monday night, followed by questions from fellow board members.
Special meeting to provide public information about negotiations between the school district negotiating team and members of the Manchester Education Association is set for 5:30 p.m. on April 22.
The MEA has been willing to collaborate with the BOSC Negotiation Committee and is still willing to meet.
Despite popular opinion, the teachers in this city are not making obscene demands when it comes to a contract. We simply want to be treated with respect, treated like professionals with a level of dignity that reflects the very ideals that we instill in our students.
A mediation session between the school board’s negotiation committee and Manchester Education Association which was to take place Thursday will be rescheduled, after the mediator could not attend due to illness.
MEA longs to return to the days when the MEA and the school board stood shoulder to shoulder making Manchester’s educators among the most fairly paid in the state.