Browse: Home / Nazareth Area teachers return wearing orange for unity (Lehigh Valley Live)

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit News
Header image

Cambodian TribuneLogo

Latest Cambodian News

Menu

Skip to content
  • Misc
  • Affairs
  • Information
  • Fashion
  • Self Care
  • Athletic
  • Domestic Affairs
  • Legal
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • PM Hun Sen Highlights Government Policy of "One Province, One University"
  • PM Admires All Cambodian Athletes Joining the 30th SEA Games
  • AKP, VNA Agree to Further Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation
  • H.E. Prak Sokhonn to Attend 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Spain
  • Cambodia Dismayed by Designation of Cambodian Nationals under Global Magnitsky Act

Nazareth Area teachers return wearing orange for unity (Lehigh Valley Live)

Posted by admin on August 28, 2015 in Affairs | 8 Views


August 27, 2015



By Rudy Miller  

Nazareth Area teachers returned to work Thursday, days before their contract is due to expire and with no deal in sight.

They wore orange t-shirts with their union letters on them as a sign of solidarity in their mission to work together to put children first, according to Nazareth Area Education Association President Adele Mitch.

They’re ready to start the school year, although the future is uncertain.

Asked whether a strike authorization vote is coming, Mitch said, “whatever tools are available to us, we can certainly use in the future.”

A fact finder will review proposals from both sides. Negotiations remain at a standstill until the fact finder’s report is finished.


RELATED: Nazareth Area teachers want to meet with state mediator


Superintendent Dennis Riker released a letter to the community on Aug. 12 that says the teachers and district remain “significantly apart on several major issues.” He said both sides have met 14 times since October 2014.

Mitch said Thursday teachers want talks to resume.

“We want nothing that is unreasonable, nothing that is going to cause bankruptcy or financial hardship to the district,” she said Thursday. “But we find it very difficult to negotiate with them. They are not willing to discuss anything across the table.”

She said the teachers want to seek compromises for salaries, health care costs and tuition reimbursement.

“Those are things they’re not interested in really discussing,” she said.

In an emailed statement Thursday, Riker said: “The administration has been involved in the negotiation process since October 21, 2014.  Having a third party intervention such as a fact finder is, and can be, a part of the negotiation process.”

Each of the teachers returned to work wearing an orange NAEA t-shirt for the Nazareth Area Education Association, the teachers union.

Mitch said the teachers had blue NAEA shirts made a few years ago.


RELATED: See how Nazareth Area teacher salaries stack up to nearby districts


“It’s really a sign of solidarity,” she said. “Our teachers are always united. We may be diverse in who we are but we are united in our goal to help students and educate students in this district. We want to do everything we can for that common goal.”

The previous three-year contract gave teachers  average raises of 3.75 percent per year.

A  review of area teacher salary data by  lehighvalleylive.com showed Nazareth Area teachers have relatively high starting salaries for the area, relatively low median salaries and relatively high top salaries.

Most of the district teachers fell in the $50,000- to $70,000-a-year salary ranges for 2013-14, according to a review of salary information from across the area obtained through right-to-know requests.

Rudy Miller may be reached at rmiller@lehighvalleylive.com. Follow him on Twitter @RudyMillerLV. Find Easton area news on Facebook.

Posted in Affairs | Tagged Aid

Related Posts

Missing imageDefibrillators Market – Middle East and Africa Industry Analysis, Size, Volume, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020 (PR Newswire)→

Missing imageJosh Rawitch Leads MLB's Charge in Supporting Lung Cancer Research (PR Newswire)→

Missing imageLaunch Angels Offers Three New England Private Alumni Funds Supporting School-Connected Companies (PR Newswire)→

Missing imagePhilippines Bamboo Entrepreneur Digs In on Poverty and Climate Threats→

Search

Pages

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit News

Categories

Calendar

December 2019
M T W T F S S
« Nov    
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  

Advertisement

Latest News

  • Missing image

    PM Hun Sen Highlights Government Policy of “One Province, One University”

    December 11, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    PM Admires All Cambodian Athletes Joining the 30th SEA Games

    December 11, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    AKP, VNA Agree to Further Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

    December 11, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    H.E. Prak Sokhonn to Attend 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Spain

    December 11, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    Cambodia Dismayed by Designation of Cambodian Nationals under Global Magnitsky Act

    December 10, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    Korea Provides Weather Observation Assistance to Cambodia

    December 10, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    Cambodia Hosts 19th VECONAC General Assembly

    December 10, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    PM: Cambodians Regain Full Rights after Country’s Liberation from Khmer Rouge Regime

    December 10, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    Cambodia to Attend 2nd APA Executive Council Meeting and 12th APA Plenary in Turkey

    December 9, 2019 / admin
  • Missing image

    Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Construction Project Achieved by Over 7 Percent

    December 9, 2019 / admin
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit News

Categories

 

Recent Posts

  • PM Hun Sen Highlights Government Policy of “One Province, One University” December 11, 2019
  • PM Admires All Cambodian Athletes Joining the 30th SEA Games December 11, 2019
  • AKP, VNA Agree to Further Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation December 11, 2019
 

Search

Archives

 

About Us

Cambodia Tribune is a website which acts as an information bank in which news and press releases from various sources are updated on a regular basis. The information is associated with Cambodia and features national news, business news, technological news and other news coverage.
 

©2019 Cambodian Tribune

Menu

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit News