Jay Greening gave a very informational presentation of collective bargaining from the Board’s standpoint. He spoke of the importance of preparation and the fact that communication prior to negotiations is a key to success. Essentially what I got out of it is that if you treat people fairly they in return will work with you and trust will be recognized. His perspective on once a board says no to something they must stick with that in order to maintain credibility. His use of examples was helpful and would have enjoyed even more of them so that we could relate better.
We hit the collective bargaining hard on this day. Our group is very close to contract. Though it is a simulation one does feel the pressure not to make a mistake. My group made a mistake and was called to the carpet on it by a very sharp negotiator. We realized we messed up and true to proper collective bargaining we had to honor our mistake and made a major concession to the teachers. All in all a great humbling experience! I feel we will finalize our contract in the last meeting of class and for the most part both sides will be happy.
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