Big news! After more than a year of bargaining, many rallies alongside Teachers, paraecucators, and other PPS workers, hundreds of signed petitions, and much more, an incredible 94% of members voted ‘YES’ on the Tentative Agreement! On Tuesday, February 6th,…

As you have likely heard, after 13 months of negotiations, your Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with PPS management last Thursday. Before we send you your ballot to vote, we wanted to share more details on all of…

This is a detailed summary of the Tentative Agreement that your Bargaining Team reached with PPS on Thursday, January 18th. Read the full set of Tentative Agreements here. Questions? Contact your Organizer, Joe Cartino at cartinoj@seiu503.org Appendix A – Nutrition…

As PPS workers, we’ve been working with an expired contract since June 2023. PPS has done everything they can to delay settling a fair contract. They didn’t make a single proposal until the middle of June, and they delayed mediation…

PPS Bargaining Update On December 11th, the District proposed a new economic offer for Custodians and Nutrition Services. The offer does not include retroactive pay. The District was not prepared to bargain on any other items, such as inclement weather…

The District that Stole Christmas PPS has done everything they can to delay settling a fair contract. They didn’t make a single proposal until the middle of June, and now they are delaying mediation until January 18th. After pressure from…

Upcoming Meetings & Strike Pledge The past week has been an incredible show of solidarity for the safe, sustainable and equitable working and learning conditions we all deserve. Together we can build on this momentum to win a fair contract…

Our union coalition petitioned PPS to provide meaningful in-person sexual harassment prevention trainings and an independent audit of how complaints are handled to ensure that PPS is a safe, positive, and equitable place to learn and work. The training tomorrow…

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As you may have heard, PPS Teachers are going on strike tomorrow. For this, we have created a pass for you to show as you walk across the picket line to work, while still showing your solidarity. Here’s your link…