Here are the results from our all Member Survey.

2009 Member Survey

Here’s the new bargaining agreement in PDF format.  You can click on the table of contents to jump to the article you want to read.  Also, the file is bookmarked to make navigation easy.

2008-2010-collective-bargaining-agreement.pdf

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Dear David Douglas District staff,

The District and the David Douglas Education Association are pleased to jointly announce that they reached a tentative agreement this morning on a new two-year contract for the District’s certified staff.

The agreement remains subject to approval. It must first be approved by the East County Bargaining Council. It would then require ratification by our DDEA-member certified staff. Assuming those steps occur within the next month, the School Board would consider approval during its Feb. 19 meeting.

The DDEA leadership will share details about the tentative contract with certified staff in the coming days.

The current contract expired June 30, 2008. The new agreement, if approved, would apply retroactively to that date.

We recognize that bargaining can be a long and difficult process. Members of both teams put in countless hours and a great deal of effort to reach this tentative agreement. We hope all our staff members appreciate that effort by both bargaining teams.

Thank you,

Greg Lind, DDEA bargaining team

Dan McCue, District Communication Specialist

While both parties were seriously focused on reaching a Settlement Agreement today, we could not come to one. The DDEA’s Settlement proposal included substantial concessions: we reduced our package offer to one (1) page with only six (6) economic and language items remaining.

What the District is proposing?

• District is offering a 4 year contract with a 4th year salary varying from 2.5% to 4% if they are offering a 4 year contract, it means that the District RIGHT NOW has the money to fund a contract for 4 years.
• District is not offering retro-active pay for salary and health benefits
• District wants to eliminate the 30 minute Elementary prep time within the day and are proposing an average of 30 minutes a day over a calendar week. This means that Elementary teachers could have NO prep one day and/or prep time outside of the student contact day. Our contract currently allows a guaranteed 30 minutes of prep within the student contact day.

The DDEA Team has moved on big issues:

• Prep Time
• Work Year
• Salary (from 6.5% to 6%)
• Health Insurance (from fully funded insurance to $1285.00 month)

District officials along with their OSBA lawyer met with DDEA and our Consultant to notify us that picketing inside the district building was not allowed.  The District's actions delayed bargaining by 30 minutes. While the DDEA honored the district demands, the OEA's legal team is currently reviewing the district's demands to determine if they have interfered with our protected rights. The appropriate legal action will be taken.

Over 200 teachers and their families, including members from Beaverton EA and Sandy, and classified staff all stood in the courtyard SILENTLY to let the District feel our presence. Then the rally went outside and yelled cheers to encourage the district to settle a contract: "What do we want? A CONTRACT! When do we want it? NOW!". Later, teachers lined the hallway next to the superintendent's office and remained vigilant for several hours.

The Team was well-prepared for last night's session. We presented the District with four (4) mini-packages representing the remaining articles with the exclusion of Article 9 -Employee Rights.

The parties came to agreements on two (2) of the mini-packages. We were able to Tentatively  Agree on Articles 6-Association Rights, Article 13- Temporary Teachers. We also TA'd parts of Articles 9 (Employee Rights) and 14 (Working Conditions).

The Team offered our 3rd mini-package and within an hour, the district countered. This mini-package deals with Article 2- Unit Definion, Article 25-Duration and a new article on ESEA (aka NCLB).  DDEA followed up with a 4th mini-package which addressed Working Conditions, Salary, Health Insurance, Extra Duty Pay and High School Division Chairpersons.

Salary:  Keeping in the mind that the current CPI (Consumer Price Index) is 4.4%, the DDEA Team lowered our offer by 1% to 6.5%. We also sent the District a message that our figure was negotiable depending on the improvements in Article 14-Working Conditions.  The district countered with their same offer of 3.5%.

Health Insurance: The DDEA Team is proposing a cap of $1350 for the first year and an increase of 15% the second year (the approximate increase for 08-09). The district countered with their previous proposal of $1050.00 with a 7% increase each year.  Keep in mind that if your DDEA Team were to accept the District's proposal, full family members would be out of pocket ranging from $200 to $400 per month.

The District made a counter offer that made NO IMPROVEMENTS in Prep Time or Class Size, and very few improvements in Work Day and Work Year.

Your Team continues to send the District the message that we need improvements in work load.

Your presence was a key factor in motivating your Team and putting pressure on the District to bargain in good faith.

The next Mediation Session is scheduled for Monday, November 24th. Time to be determined. Your Contact person will be talking to you about what you can do to help your Team settle this contract.

We have reached an agreement on all of Article 6: Association Rights.

We just submitted the third package proposal of the night including unit definition, the duration of the new contract, and ESEA (a.k.a. NCLB).

We have an agreement on language about temporary teachers.

Both teams have signed a tentative agreement on parts of Article 9.  We’ll post some details later — back to bargaining.

There must be at least 200 people here to support us.  Wow!  Talk about renewing our energy!  Thank you, thank you, thank you.