Geneva Education Association members' letter hopes for compromise, but criticizes tone of the District 304 e-mails and says board "failed to show meaningful movement."
The Geneva Education Association members have posted an open letter to the community in an effort to share their reasoning about ongoing contract negotiations and the intent to strike notice the GEA submitted Friday. Geneva School District 304 on Wednesday issued an e-mail and press release notifying parents that schools will stay open in case of a strike, which could take place as soon as Nov. 9. Both sides said they were hopeful of a resolution during Friday's 12-hour negotiating session. But the GEA letter to the community says it filed the motion "after our mediation session failed to show meaningful movement from the board." The salary issue is not the only issue preventing an agreement, but it has been a key sticking point in the …
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The Kane County Chronicle is reporting that representatives of the Geneva Education Association will be picketing before the 7 p.m. School Board meeting at the Coultrap facility.
The Kane County Chronicle reported at about 1:21 p.m. today (Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012) that the Geneva Education Association is planning to picket prior to the 7 p.m. School District 304 board meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Coultrap facility. The Chronicle story says GEA President Carol Young confirmed that the "informational picket" would take place from about 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. outside the building at 1113 Peyton St. from the Lincoln Avenue entrance to West State Street and back. Teachers and parents who support the teachers union have spoken at recent School Board meetings, and union representatives wearing green "United We Teach" T-shirts have packed the room at School Board meetings on Aug. 27, Sept. 10 and Sept. 24. A postcard…
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7:13 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Matt, The problem is simple economics. The demand for education is very inelastic. The supply of teachers is very elastic in this area. The union creates artificial inelasticity of supply by protecting the teachers with seniority and "no fire" clauses. This creates an artificially high price point for teachers salaries (the intersection of supply and demand). When you compound this fact with a … more ›
Jack
3:13 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
And the LWVIL is wrong on this issue. A minority, sometimes as little as one vote, ALWAYS has control of the vote, from that narrow point of view. It isn't about the informal legislative process that goes on behind the scenes for every vote. It is about making sure that any change really needs to be made, before launching a process that is fraught with danger to the financial stability of the … more ›