by Matt Lavonas | Jan 8, 2023 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update: – Living Contract Negotiations Continue. Although our new three-year contract has already been overwhelmingly (80.2%) ratified by RTA members, we are resuming negotiations through the Living Contract process to address issues...
by Matt Lavonas | Jan 3, 2023 | Adam's Updates, Ratification
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that RTA members voted today to ratify our Tentative Agreement by an overwhelming majority (80.2%). Among other gains, the new three-year pact includes salary increases of 3.8% each year – benchmarked to the average of the...
by Matt Lavonas | Jan 2, 2023 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Welcome back. Best wishes for the New Year to you and yours. Just a reminder that the ratification balloting on our Tentative Agreement will be conducted by your RTA Faculty Representative(s) at your school or work location tomorrow (Tuesday, January 3rd)....
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 23, 2022 | Adam's Updates, Ratification
Colleagues, As you begin your well-earned recess, I want to wish every one of you happy holidays with your family and friends. I also want to express to you my gratitude for all that you’ve done to make sure that we finally achieve a contract that is good for students...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 23, 2022 | Adam's Updates
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that we have reached a Tentative Agreement for a successor contract. The actual language affected by these negotiations, as well as the newly-negotiated salary schedules, can be found in the signed document attached below....
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 21, 2022 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, As you probably already know, all RCSD schools will be closed on Thursday (December 22) because of a major water main break. For that reason, obviously, there will be no contract ratification tomorrow as originally scheduled. Contract ratification at all...