It’s time for a contract. We’re ready. Is the board?
For more than 16 months we have been trying to reach a settlement with the city’s school board. We’ve been working without a contract all year. We are ready to accept the recommendations of a neutral fact-finder to reach a deal. We implore the board to join us and settle — our students deserve no less.
Let’s settle. Now.
We accept the factfinding report
A neutral factfinder took hours of testimony from us and the board. He issued his recommendations a month later. Despite being far less than we were seeking, the report gives us a path toward settlement. We urge the board to join us and accept the report, ink a deal, and spend the next three years being the best at what we all do.
Get involved for a fair contract
As Rutland’s teachers have done, let your city school board know that it’s past time for a contract settlement. Write a letter. Attend a meeting. Make a call. Join us at an informational picket. Sign our petition. Let’s get a contract now without disrupting the school year.
Keep up with the latest
We want you to know what’s really going on during these protracted negotiations. Check out opinion pieces, open letters, press releases, and more, including the Unfair Labor Practice Charge we just filed.
It’s time to settle. For all of us.
Rutland teachers have worked without a contract since July, despite beginning bargaining with the board in December 2023.
Rutland teachers are among the lowest paid in the state and region.
Rutland teachers have the fewest sick days in the region.
Rutland teachers’ salaries have not kept pace with inflation.
Rutland teachers have seen many of their colleagues leave for better paying jobs, depriving Rutland city students of their experience and dedication.
Rutland teachers have accepted the recommendations of a neutral fact-finder, despite being less than they asked for.
Rutland teachers are dedicated to their schools, their students, and their community. Many of them live here and have raised families here.
The board has so far refused to settle for more than a year.
The board laid off 18 teachers, saying they had to do so in order to meet the demands of teachers. They did not, of course, settle, leading us to believe they announced the RIFs as a scare tactic.
The board, rather than accept the factfinding report, discredited the factfinder and refused to settle.
Rutland’s teachers stand ready to settle. They urge the board to stop playing games, accept the factfinders’ report, and ink a deal. It’s time for the board to do what’s right and fair – for teachers, schools, the community, and, especially, students.
There’s still time to settle a contract without a disruption in the school year. The ball’s in the board’s court.
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