JOINT STATEMENT

OF THE

GUSTINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

AND

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, CHAPTER #539

REGARDING 2022-2023 NEGOTIATIONS

May 23, 2022

 

Dear GUSD Community,   We are pleased to announce that the CSEA and District negotiations teams had a successful first meeting on May 23, 2022, regarding negotiations for a new three-year contract commencing with the 2022-2023 school year.  Both teams reached an agreement on updating language for Article I Organizational Security, Article VI Probationary Period, Article XII Layoffs, Article XVI Hours and Overtime, Article XVI adding Catastrophic Leaves, and Article XXIV for a new three-year contract.  The teams will reconvene negotiations on June 21, 2022, to bargain salary and health benefit increases, and other items.    This was the parties’ first in-person negotiations since the beginning of the pandemic.  We are pleased to have had a very productive and successful first meeting and look forward to continuing the collegiality achieved as we continue successor negotiations for a new contract commencing with the 2022-2023 school year.      

In partnership,
 
Dr. Bryan Ballenger
Superintendent
 
Andrea Verdin
President, CSEA, Chapter #539