![]() ![]() Last year, negotiations ended in July with a one-year contract. ![]() ![]() The association ultimately hopes to negotiate a three-year contract with the board. We have people who haven’t had raises in years,” said Bowles. “Every time we do get a raise, while it looks like a raise on paper, because our contributions also go up with our health care it washes those raises out. The past few years have seen a steady increase in the cost of health-care coverage for district employees, says Bowles, and it has had a significant and detrimental effect on salaries across the board. “We’re hoping to make the people that pay the taxes that actually pay our salaries aware because a lot of people are unaware of what is going on, especially the people who don’t have children in the schools,” said Curren. The rally was an attempt to spread awareness to the public about what has been going on in the district. According to Bowles and ETEA President Debbie Van Curren, this is the first time in 14 years that the board and the ETEA have been unable to negotiate a contract by the start of a new school year. ![]()
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