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Teacher Contract

Monday, January 28, 2013

Teacher Contract Narrowly Approved by Oswego Education Association Teachers

The three-year contract addresses salary and pay steps and high school teaching hours.

The Oswego Education Association (OEA) and the Oswego 308 board of education have officially agreed on a three-year contract. Members of the OEA voted Jan. 18 to approve the contract, which the board of education had previously unanimously approved on Jan. 14 with board president Bill Walsh abstaining from the vote because his wife is a teacher in the district. A tentative agreement was reached prior to winter break, but voting was held until January. Want free local news in your inbox every morning? Sign up for our e-newsletter. The vote was “closer than any I’ve ever been a part of,” said President of the OEA, Darla Medernach. The vote for the teacher’s union passed 544 - 445 in favor of the contract. One of the largest sticking points …

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Oswego Community Unit School District 308 (in Oswego Patch), Oswego Board of Education and Oswego Education Association Reach Tentative Agreement on Teacher Contract, and District 308 Makes Contract Proposal to Teacher's Union, Union Decides Not to Vote on Proposal

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Oswego Board of Education and Oswego Education Association Reach Tentative Agreement on Teacher Contract

Tentative agreeement will be voted upon in January.

The bargaining teams of the Oswego Education Association and Oswego Community Unit School District 308 have reached a tentative agreement on all outstanding contract issues late on Wednesday, December 19.  The new contract, once ratified by the union members and the Board of Education, will be effective until June 30, 2015. Board of Education President Bill Walsh stated the entire Board is pleased that the bargaining team has reached an agreement with the OEA.  “We found common ground and I appreciate the work everyone did to cone to this agreement,” he said. He also expressed appreciation towards the teachers who continued to come to work without a contract the last few months. “The challenges of paying competitive wages and benefits must…

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Oswego Community Unit School District 308 (in Oswego Patch)

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5:52 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Many of you are so misinformed but quick to criticize. All teachers pay into their retirement and none have been informed yet on the details of the new contract proposed.   more ›

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