About 200 Arcadia teachers marched outside prior to the Arcadia School Board meeting to protest what they called delays in negotiating a contract for the 1987-88 school year.
Arcadia teachers began picketing their schools to protest what they feel is lack of progress in contract negotiations with the Arcadia Unified School District.
A group of 350-400 teachers and supporters staged a demonstration and rally before the school board meeting to express their views on the deadlocked negotiations. A mediator sent out by the Public Employees Relations Board was in the district Monday but nothing was accomplished.
About 90 Arcadia teachers held a rally in front of the school district administration building to support their bargaining team during an impasse in contract negotiations.
Superintendent Elbert E. Souders of the Arcadia Unified School District issued a statement Monday expressing his regret and disappointed in the fact that negotiations for a contract between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the district were not completed before the school year ended.
There appears to be some progress in contract negotiations between the Arcadia Unified School District and the Arcadia Teachers Association. Though officials were reluctant to talk about specifics, fear of a strike by the teachers has been allayed.
Contract negotiations between Arcadia Teachers Association and school district remain at standstill, according to John Sinclair, Associate superintendent.
Contract negotiations between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district remain at a standstill, according to John Sinclair, associate superintendent.
Tentative contract agreement was reached last Friday between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district following a full year of negotiations.
Negotiations between Arcadia Teachers Association and Arcadia Unified School District halted Friday night as the two sides moved to place dispute before a fact-finding panel.
Two-thirds of Arcadia's school teachers have resigned from the district PTA in the wake of a dispute over a chapter president's support for their unresolved contract negotiations.
Arcadia teachers learned that their stalled contract negotiations with the district will advance to a stage called fact-finding (meaning an impartial panel paid by the state will judge disputes between the teachers and the district).
Arcadia teachers have decided to give negotiations one more chance before walking out. The transfer policy is the stumbling block to the end of the negotiations.
The Arcadia Board of Education ratified a new contract with the district's teachers by a 4-1 vote, but with some reservations about a binding arbitration provision (which would have district-teachers disputes resolved by a 3rd party). The contract includes a 10% salary increase for 1984/85 and an increase from a 177-day a year student school year to 180 days, along with lengthier instructional time per day.
Contract negotiations between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district have been postponed and talks won't resume until middle of July. Still at issue are salaries, fringe benefits and binding arbitration.