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Public Relations > News: Contract Negotiations > New Negotiation Session Between Souderton Area School District and Souderton Area Education Association set for 10:30a.m. on Sept. 12 - September 11th, 2008
New Negotiation Session Between Souderton Area School District and Souderton Area Education Association set for 10:30a.m. on Sept. 12
A negotiation session between the Souderton Area School District and the Souderton Area Education Association has been scheduled for 10:30a.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, at an undisclosed location.
The two sides last met on Friday, Sept. 5 and continue to remain at odds over teacher salaries, benefits and working conditions. The teachers' union has been on strike since Tuesday, Sept. 2. This latest session has been called by the state mediator, Jill Leeds Rivera.
"We are hoping to meet face-to-face with union officials and thoroughly assess the issues in dispute so we can, at a minimum, make sure that both sides are working with accurate, up-to-date information," said Jeffrey Sultanik, chief negotiator for the district. "But what we are really anxious to see is whether or not the union will present us with a counterproposal. We tried to give some momentum to this process by presenting a new salary offer on Labor Day. Since that time, the union has refused to budge. For this process to move forward, we need to see the union make some concessions just as we did."
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