Madison School Board approves new agreements with some union employees

Matthew DeFour:

The Madison School Board unanimously approved one-year collective bargaining agreements with some of its employees at noon Thursday, taking advantage of a legal window to change longstanding policies favored by the teachers union.

Additional agreements with the rest of its represented employees are expected to be approved at 6 p.m.

Whether the new agreements will stand depends on what happens to the state's new collective bargaining law, known as Act 10. Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas ruled key portions of the law unconstitutional, but the state plans to appeal the decision.

School, city and county officials in Madison have quickly hammered out new agreements since Colas' Sept. 14 ruling. The School District and Madison Teachers Inc. exchanged initial proposals Sunday and completed in three days a closed-door process that historically plays out over months.

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Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 5, 2012 2:50 AM
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