JANUARY 29, 2016 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) and Ridgewood Education Association (REA) have failed to reach a settlement despite protracted negotiations, BOE President Sheila Brogan reported during a meeting on Monday.
The two sides met on Jan. 20, and the main sticking point continued to be healthcare contributions. A new proposal presented by the school board was rejected by the REA.
Brogan said the “comprehensive” proposal addressed issues that had been raised during previous negotiation sessions and modified the district’s “original proposal in a number of significant ways.”
“Our offer was designed to address the REA’s goal of increasing the actual take-home pay of its members without jeopardizing the district’s financial position,” Brogan said.
“The REA did not respond with a comprehensive proposal of their own,” she continued. “They chose to focus only on the amounts their members contribute towards their healthcare benefits.”
REA members, however, believe that the BOE did not make a real effort to come up with terms that would be acceptable to both parties. They also said a counteroffer was not seriously considered by the board.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/meeting-fails-to-yield-settlement-1.1501672
Well if the teachers are bothered by their health insurance contributions, think about how bothered the taxpayers are, because we pay for the majority of your health insurance premium.
If the plan is too expensive, then switch to a lower cost plan.
What’s your co-pay for doctor visits?
What’s your co-pay for prescriptions?
The school budget is $100,000,000 per year.
That’s one tenth of a billion dollars. Year after year after year.
12:53pm knows nothing about negotiations and how they work.
LOL How are those negotiations going?
1:01 pm how about a lesson?
Go ask the “Donald” (Trump) if you need lessons on how to negotiate 1:32 and 2:34 pm.
Let’s keep rolling over until the cost doubles to 200 Mil. Let’s bury the towns finances,,, let’s do it for the Kids…throw in full day kindercare…make everyone happy and broke
Give the teachers Obama care like the taxpayers that foot the bill for their Cadillac plan
Give the teachers and everyone in Congress Obamacare and while your at it give them matching 3% 401K plans. How about $45 + co-pays which private sector has now?
Q: why did you move here?
A: because of the great schools.
Pay up!
100 million A YEAR….
100 million…you Ridgewood idiots getting that?
How patiently stupid are you people?