Wednesday, July 7, 2010
July 6th Mtg.
Yesterday in class, we had a guest speaker from IFT. It was interesting to hear from the teachers' side of the collective bargaining process since most of our classes have dealt from the board side of view. Another part of the day that was interesting was when we began the bargaining process. I have sat in on negotiations before, and we did not establish any ground rules for the negotiations. After talking with the teacher group yesterday I see the benefit of establishing clear ground rules the committees will follow. I think the most important part of the ground rules is to establish when the meetings will be so each group can plan accordingly and be prepared for each meeting which will hopefully lead to a speedy and successful process. I also realized that the relationship process is key to negotiations as well. The more each side trusts each other, the smoother the process will play out. Both sides have to work together once the contract is signed, so the relationship piece is vital.
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In our first days of simulation traditional bargaining, it has been interesting and enlightening on how the activity has progressed. Setting the ground rules was more disagreeable than what I had assumed it would be. After much work, we were able to reach agreement on how we would work forward. Working on our initial proposal as a teacher it was hard to not see the administrative side of the contract. Teachers had a good deal and finding areas to "improve" took much thought. We worked to find language and items that were not clear or well defined. The process has been of value and I look forward to where we end.
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