Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Is Money the Real Issue?":
should you move the contract discuss to a new thread?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Senate Passed Tax Cap Bill ...Next State Assembly
Dear Editor
Please put this as a separate post.The state senate has already passed a tax cap bill.
The state assembly is taking up the measure right now to pass a tax cap. Please link on to the site below to tell the assembly that we need a tax cap passed
www.nysenate.gov/webform/pass-tax-cap-join-fight-0
we need a tax cap to stop the tax burdern from forcing people out of their homes.
Please put this as a separate post.The state senate has already passed a tax cap bill.
The state assembly is taking up the measure right now to pass a tax cap. Please link on to the site below to tell the assembly that we need a tax cap passed
www.nysenate.gov/webform/pass-tax-cap-join-fight-0
we need a tax cap to stop the tax burdern from forcing people out of their homes.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Is Money the Real Issue?
Jeff Spicoli has left a new comment on your post "To the BOE: How do you give out raises when we are...":
Perhaps the real issue is not how much everyone is making, but that many do not feel that they are getting much for their dollar. Yes, there are teachers that are golden, doing amazing things with students; dedicated etc. But, because there don't seem to be any delineated standards, from my vantage too many are phoning it in.
Generous salaries paid to our administrators don't seem to equate to good curriculum, accountability for themselves or for teachers, or excellence and continuity in all of the classrooms.
The Board of Ed, with people we voted in to represent our interests, are also a players in this mess.
When the District as a whole; teachers, administrators, as well as the union and the board can say these situations have been corrected, I think complaints about how much money everyone is making will be a thing of the past.
Perhaps the real issue is not how much everyone is making, but that many do not feel that they are getting much for their dollar. Yes, there are teachers that are golden, doing amazing things with students; dedicated etc. But, because there don't seem to be any delineated standards, from my vantage too many are phoning it in.
Generous salaries paid to our administrators don't seem to equate to good curriculum, accountability for themselves or for teachers, or excellence and continuity in all of the classrooms.
The Board of Ed, with people we voted in to represent our interests, are also a players in this mess.
When the District as a whole; teachers, administrators, as well as the union and the board can say these situations have been corrected, I think complaints about how much money everyone is making will be a thing of the past.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
The TriBorough Amendment and Why Unions Have Such an Advantage in NYS
http://www.stopthetaxshift.org/employee-relations/25-triborough-amendment
THE TRIBOROUGH AMENDMENT
The Mandate: The 1982 Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law prohibits a public employer from altering any provision of an expired labor agreement until a new agreement is reached. This amendment, which was originally approved with the strong support of unions, has the effect of requiring automatic pay increases where a salary step schedule or longevity schedule exists, even though the labor agreement has expired. Consequently, a public employer's salary costs continue to rise even when labor negotiations have reached an impasse.
The Triborough Amendment also undermines the collective bargaining process by discouraging unions from offering concessions or givebacks since, as long as no agreement is reached, the terms of the current contract remain in effect. Not only is New York the only state in the nation known to have such a requirement, but in the private sector, where collective bargaining has existed for more than 60 years under the National Labor Relations Act, no similar obligation is imposed upon employers who are parties to a labor contract.
The Cost: The dramatic impact that the Triborough Amendment has on collective bargaining translates into a negotiations process that discourages compromise, putting New York's taxpayers at an extreme disadvantage.
The Solution: The Triborough Amendment should be repealed so that public employers and employees can be encouraged to work together to achieve labor contracts that are both fair and affordable.
THE TRIBOROUGH AMENDMENT
The Mandate: The 1982 Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law prohibits a public employer from altering any provision of an expired labor agreement until a new agreement is reached. This amendment, which was originally approved with the strong support of unions, has the effect of requiring automatic pay increases where a salary step schedule or longevity schedule exists, even though the labor agreement has expired. Consequently, a public employer's salary costs continue to rise even when labor negotiations have reached an impasse.
The Triborough Amendment also undermines the collective bargaining process by discouraging unions from offering concessions or givebacks since, as long as no agreement is reached, the terms of the current contract remain in effect. Not only is New York the only state in the nation known to have such a requirement, but in the private sector, where collective bargaining has existed for more than 60 years under the National Labor Relations Act, no similar obligation is imposed upon employers who are parties to a labor contract.
The Cost: The dramatic impact that the Triborough Amendment has on collective bargaining translates into a negotiations process that discourages compromise, putting New York's taxpayers at an extreme disadvantage.
The Solution: The Triborough Amendment should be repealed so that public employers and employees can be encouraged to work together to achieve labor contracts that are both fair and affordable.
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