It looks like the non-teaching employees of the Morongo unified School District, after long stalled negotiations, have finally reached an agreement with the district over their contract, Reporter David Haldane looks at the proposed terms…
“Houston, we have an agreement!”
That was the headline on a press release sent out late Monday by the Morongo Unified School District’s California School Employees Association. The news: after months of negotiations, the union—representing classified employees such as security, food service, office, maintenance and clerical workers—has reached accord with district officials on a new contract.
The two sides had previously agreed on such issues as the proper use of district emails, sharing sick time and creating a new reclassification system. The stickler, though, had been something called the “me too” clause under which employees would receive salary increases equivalent to the percentage that management receives.
Under the new contract, workers will get a 3 percent raise retroactive to July 1 of last year and a 2 percent increase retroactive to this past July. The back pay could come as early as September 30.
NON-TEACHING SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES REACH CONTRACT AGREEMENT
