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Our Bargaining team met with the Oak Grove School District bargaining team to negotiate on articles 12 and 6 - Compensation and Association Rights. In the link below you will find a message from our Bargaining chair about the outcomes from August 25th. Next Bargaining date is set for Friday September 2nd. Please continue to watch your personal emails and stay in touch with your site reps for organizing actions this week. Link to Bargaining Update
Bargaining Update August 9, 2016 On August 9, the Oak Grove Educators Association and the Oak Grove School District met to continue negotiations for a 2016-2019 successor contract. This was our third bargaining session held during summer break. We reached an agreement on technology which should help ensure that every educator is able to do their job successfully. The agreement provides for training opportunities around technology and guarantees tech support for all District provided technology. We also discussed Hours of Employment, Class Size and Compensation. Hours of Employment We remain far from reaching an agreement. We reiterated our interest to support all educators with reasona
OGEA @ the Welcome Back Event Photo Credit: Ann Black @ Anderson A great show of support from OGEA and the labor alliance! The sea of black Unity is Power shirts and our bright green flyers and stickers really made an impression at yesterday's welcome back event. Thank you to all who participated in wearing their tshirts and stickers proudly! Below are the handouts given out at the welcome back event and to new teachers at the BTSA training this week Welcome Back Handout New Teacher Letter Curbed Enthusiasts Photo Credit: Brian Wheatley @ ETA Marisa from East Side Teachers Association and Brian from Evergreen Teachers Association along with John Green (CTA staff) and Josie Carillo-Johnson (P
OGEA Call to Action! Time to wear your Black Unity Shirts! The OGEA Organizing Chair has called for all OGEA members to wear their Black Unity Shirts on Wednesday August 10th to the Welcome Back Event at the Edenvale Community Center. Time for ACTION!! WEAR YOUR BLACK TO THE WELCOME BACK. Did you know we are starting our year without a contract? We are going back to work and don't even know what our salary will be?!? Why hasn't the district settled? ● Comparable Districts near OGSD have received teacher raises despite declining enrollment. ● OGSD has an increase in Per Pupil Funding. ● OGSD has high class sizes for Santa Clara County. OGSD offered one time money as a raise and want to li