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[quote=Anonymous]I hate how these negotiations are such a game. The union has to threaten a strike because it is their best leverage. Which is exhausting. The problem is that this is viewed as an adversarial relationship between the mayor and the union. Why? In their their interests should be aligned. But in reality the mayor is going to try to squeeze the union and refuse things that would be beneficial for all kids in DCPS, like more teachers aides, more subs, better facilities, etc. Meanwhile the union will demand some things in good faith but other things… not so much. Often the union has unrealistic demands and views any compromise has failure. Covid was a perfect example of this because the union was often demanding things like N95s for all teachers (which most teachers would have found too uncomfortable to wear) or persisting in demanding Wednesday closures for cleaning even well after it was established that Covid doesn’t spread via fomites on surfaces. It’s fighting for the sake of fighting snd it is tiresome.

The negotiation process is broken and we need to reconstruct it so it is designed for consensus building. We are actually all on the same side.[/quote]

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