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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New press release from WTU has them continuing to maybe possibly talk about a strike but probably that's just them trying to grasp as some sort of power:

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wtulocal6action/pages/406/attachments/original/1612286384/2-2-21_WTU_Teachers_Want_to_Go_Back_to_School_and_Want_It_Done_Safely.pdf?1612286384[/quote]

Former union leader: this is part of the problem with their inconsistent messaging. The website link we were looking at here earlier indicated that avoiding an illegal strike would be possible if DCPS fully met its obligations per the MOA as well as full vaccination. This communication drops the vaccination requirement and instead requests that the arbitrator go back through the school safety evaluation again, which was presumably completed very recently. Almost certainly the result would be the same, with the possible improvement of the two closed schools--this result would harm, rather than help, the union's negotiating position.

To negotiate successfully with management, you need consistent messaging and asks. It's not clear to me exactly what the WTU needs in order to be pacified, and remember that both of these documents are public and official. Behind closed doors, it's unlikely that their demands are any more coherent.

They agreed to the MOU and arbitration and didn't like the results. It is not good strategy to reject things you have agreed to, otherwise what is the point of management attempting to meet your demands? If management no longer feels like this conflict can be resolved through pacification, they will move to other (namely legal) strategies. That brings us to "bad faith" negotiation.

If the underlying WTU goal is to simply stop IPL and not something like "full vaccination" or "better HVAC," this is negotiating in bad faith. This is a legal issue, and another point on which DCPS could sue for unfair labor practices. Often it's management which is subject to accusations of bad faith, but it can be used against unions. Here's more information about it: https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/files/Good%20Faith%20Bargaining%20Handout.pdf

You can see that the WTU is skirting, if not crossing, the line here. And then the WTU is going to antagonize DCPS, the mayor, and the arbitrator? No no no no no.[/quote]

I probably should have said appeasement, rather than pacification.[/quote]

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