The Dodge City teacher's union and USD 443's bargaining team rejected one another's most recent proposals at a contract negotiation meeting this week, but agreed to meet Thursday to try again.
The union, a Kansas local of the National Education Association (KNEA), rejected the one percent increase offered by the district on Nov. 9, and countered with a proposed 2.41 percent increase. The district's bargaining team rejected this figure as beyond the scope of its authority to approve.
The district's offer added an increase of one percent in three faculty budget areas: salaries, fringe benefits, and supplementals, which are extra duties, such as coaching and bus duty. The board left the disbursement of the $207,769 totally to the union.
Eldon Brandenburg, a teacher and the union's chief negotiator, described the offer as unacceptable, saying it pitted veteran teachers against junior faculty members and didn't actually represent a raise to anyone. He said the higher cost of district health insurance essentially canceled out the increase -— and teachers carrying non-district insurance saw no increase at all.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
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The Dodge City teacher's union and USD 443's bargaining team rejected one another's most recent proposals at a contract negotiation meeting this week, but agreed to meet Thursday to try again.
The union, a Kansas local of the National Education Association (KNEA), rejected the one percent increase offered by the district on Nov. 9, and countered with a proposed 2.41 percent increase. The district's bargaining team rejected this figure as beyond the scope of its authority to approve.
The district's offer added an increase of one percent in three faculty budget areas: salaries, fringe benefits, and supplementals, which are extra duties, such as coaching and bus duty. The board left the disbursement of the $207,769 totally to the union.
Eldon Brandenburg, a teacher and the union's chief negotiator, described the offer as unacceptable, saying it pitted veteran teachers against junior faculty members and didn't actually represent a raise to anyone. He said the higher cost of district health insurance essentially canceled out the increase -— and teachers carrying non-district insurance saw no increase at all.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
