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Bargaining Update – September 26

We met with management for our latest bargaining session on September 26.

Management presented some new responses to our proposals on the following:

Expanding involuntary transfer protections and including aquatics and landscape in the protections that other departments have
Creating a fair and transparent promotions process
Adjusting qualifications for certain positions to allow significant job experience to qualify you if you don’t have a degree
Remote work policy

The committee is working on responses to these counter-proposals, but we were glad to see some productive discussion on these issues today. The District has not yet presented responses to our proposals on wages and benefits but said their goal is to present them in the next bargaining session on October 5.

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