The MTA Educational Support Professionals Committee invites all ESPs to attend a Bargaining Summit Saturday,November 15, 2014. Online registration is now open: http://www.cvent.com/d/c4qg0j
The event will be held at the SpringHill Suites Devens Common Center. There is no cost to attend. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
The day’s workshops will provide ESPs with information and skills about negotiations to utilize in their local. The Summit will begin with a workshop on organizing for all attendees. This will be followed by a short introductory discussion on ESP issues with the participants and the ESP Committee. Then there will be four 45-minute workshops on four topics. Participants will have the chance to attend each of the workshops, which are described below. The event will conclude with a panel discussion with the ESP Committee, following up on the issues identified in the morning discussion.
Crisis ActivitiesWhat to do and when to do it when you need to ramp things up? What are examples of activities that might help in a contract struggle?
Interest Based Bargaining
What is it? How is it different than positional? How does it work? What is needed to make it successful?
What is it? How is it different than positional? How does it work? What is needed to make it successful?
Bargaining Law Primer on Negotiations
What is a mandatory or permissible subject of bargaining? What does the law cover for public employees?
What is a mandatory or permissible subject of bargaining? What does the law cover for public employees?
I’ll Show You Mine/You Show Me Yours
Members will discuss what types of provisions they have in their contracts and will see what others have in their contracts. There will be a demonstration on how to use the contract database. Send your contract electronically in advance to have it placed on a CD to take home with all the other participants’ contracts.
Members will discuss what types of provisions they have in their contracts and will see what others have in their contracts. There will be a demonstration on how to use the contract database. Send your contract electronically in advance to have it placed on a CD to take home with all the other participants’ contracts.
8 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Organizing Presentation
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Open Discussion on ESP Issues with ESP Committee
10:20 – 11:05 a.m. Workshop Session I
11:15 a.m. – Noon Workshop Session II
Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch
1:10 – 1:55 p.m. Workshop Session III
2 – 2:45 p.m. Workshop Session IV
2:50 – 3:50 p.m. Panel Discussion with ESP Committee
4 p.m. Safe Trip Home
For more information, please contact Steve Day, 617-878-8314, sday@massteacher.org.