Category: Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining

District Admin’s Counterproposal is Ridiculous, Includes Themselves in Costing Calculations

District admin calculate raises for themselves, then propose nothing for those in harm’s way When responding to the JESPA proposal for pay increases, the district’s team calculated the cost including the administrators and licensed staff. We are bargaining for the lowest paid workers in the district.  When the district administration adds themselves into the costing

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Collective Bargaining

JESPA Membership Meeting Thursday June 25 at 3:30pm

Please hold June 25th at 3:30pm for our JESPA membership meeting. We originally advertised this as ratification, however, it is unlikely that we can ratify an agreement because we are still in bargaining with the district over compensation. At this meeting, we will cover general business and will be giving negotiations updates. We need your

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Collective Bargaining

Does district upper management even know what ESPs do?

We heard from many paraprofessionals after the last JESPA bargaining session on May 19th, wondering if the district administration we are bargaining with even knows what we do. We even had one member that could not believe what she was hearing and put together a transcript/ paraphrased summary, which we will paste below. If you’d

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Collective Bargaining

Additional Pay Coming Your Way! Thanks JESPA & JCEA!

You probably have already read about our success in negotiating a new JESPA 6-year agreement. The final draft is going to print and will be coming your way soon. Details are on our site here: https://jeffcoespa.org/negotiations/ We reached a great compensation agreement for 2019-2020, and may be receiving additional funds, depending upon ratification of the

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Collective Bargaining

We support JCEA’s Fight for Fair Pay!

Join us on August 14th from 4:30 – 9pm at the Ed Center as we stand with JCEA in the fight for fair pay! Please RSVP here! JCEA is our sister union representing certified teachers and special service providers. JESPA members were able to come to an agreement with the district on pay and reached

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Collective Bargaining

JESPA’s Tentative Agreement for Ratification

On May 30, 2019 we reached a Tentative Agreement with the district on our JESPA Negotiated Agreement. We have been working all year, and are proud of the collective work we have done to achieve our next 6-year agreement! Here is the Tentative Agreement and Tentative Compensation Agreement for your review: JESPA Tentative Agreement CBA

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