Northwestern Lehigh School District
Summary of Collective Bargaining Process
January 2009 – November 2009
Date of CBA meeting Purpose
Introduction of Board
January 8, 2009 members, Administrators and
Teacher Union members
Teacher’s Union presented
February 4, 2009 their proposal
NWLSD School Board
March 18, 2009 presented their proposal
Grid of issues was presented
April 16, 2009 by the Teacher’s Union on
select items
Discussion on last proposal
May 11, 2009
June 18, 2009 Meeting cancelled, the
mediator was not available.
Discussion
Preliminary planning
Agreed to exchange full proposals at
each negotiations meeting
Clarification of Union’s proposal
Clarification of Board’s proposal
Board noted the Teacher’s Union did
not present a full counter proposal, but
agreed to discuss specific items as
identified by the Teacher’s Union and
identified areas with tentative
agreements.
Board requested the Teacher’s Union
still present a full counter proposal at
the next meeting.
No counter proposal was presented by
the Teacher’s Union .
Discussion occurred regarding the
negotiation’s process and who was
responsible to present a counter
proposal.
Both the Board and Teacher’s Union
agreed the meeting would not be
productive without the mediator
present.
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Outcome
Set dates for upcoming meetings
Set dates for upcoming meetings
Confirmed scheduled meeting dates
Tentative Agreements (TA)
1. Nondiscrimination Clause-TA
2. Union Rights
A: Dues Deduction-TA
B: NLEA-TA
C: Fair Share-TA
3. Conditions of Employment
G: Lump Sum Payment-TA
H: Personnel Records-TA
J: Participation in District Negotiations,
Hearings, Legal Meetings-TA
No progress
N/A
 Northwestern Lehigh School District
Summary of Collective Bargaining Process
January 2009 – November 2009
Discussed Union’s counter Union presented views on a variety of
July 13, 2009 proposal issues; shared data and asked Board to
negotiate on limited issues. The grid
dated 5/11/09 was re-distributed and
reflected the items with tentative
agreements (TA) made on 4/16/09.
Both sides reviewed the document for
accuracy.
Discussion on the Board’s The Union acknowledged receipt of
August 18, 2009 counter proposal dated 8/4/09. the Board’s counter proposal but did
not present a counter proposal to the
Board’s counter proposal.
Counter Proposal submitted by Board reviewed Counter Proposal
September 23, 2009 Teacher’s Union submitted by Union. Board suggests
Fact Finding to Mediator and Union.
November 5, 2009 Fact Finding Hearing The Board and the Union presented
their proposals and supporting data to
the Fact Finder
November 25, 2009 Public School Board Meeting No public discussion is permitted
based on PLRB regulations.
Board agreed to offer a counter proposal to
the Union by August 8, 2009, although the
Union had still not presented a full counter
proposal.
The Union walked out of the meeting
without discussion or agreement that the
meeting was over. No progress was made.
Union agrees to Fact Finding.
Fact Finding report/recommendations
issued on November 18, 2009.
The Board and the Union must accept or
reject the Fact Finder’s entire report. It is
not permissible to choose or select parts of
the report or only some of the
recommendations.
Board votes 6 to 3 reject the Fact Finder’s
report.