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PESPA PRIDE 9.28.11
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FURLOUGHS AND HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUES RESOLVED
After months of budget cuts, school board workshops and budget hearings, PCTA and PESPA were able to conclude negotiations regarding furlough days and health insurance. District negotiators had proposed two days of mandatory unpaid leave for 10 month personnel since the end of last school year. For most support professionals that amounted to a $200 pay cut. The end result of negotiations is that PCTA and PESPA successfully bargained NO FURLOUGH DAYS!
PESPA E Pride July 21, 2011
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PESPA Summer e-PRIDE
July 21, 2011
Bargaining Update
Negotiations for the 2011-12 school year have begun but we are still at an exploratory stage. We felt an update was needed at this time.
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VOLUME XXX, Number 6 March 10, 2011
PINELLAS RALLY - SAVE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
On Friday, March 4th, seven hundred Educators and supporters of Public Education gathered at 3 intersections in Pinellas County to send a message to our legislators and Governor. The theme was Save Our Public Schools. The media covered all three locations.
PESPA PRIDE- October 6, 2010
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VOLUME XXX, Number 2 PCTA-PESPA.ORG October 5, 2010
Amendment 8 – A Retreat from Smaller Classes
When the class size amendment passed in November 2002, a political agenda immediately began to evolve with the purpose of circumventing the voters’ wishes. A year or so later, Governor Bush was overheard by the media talking about a “devious” plan to mitigate the amendment. Now, we have Amendment 8.
