AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE ST. JAMES-ASSINIBOIA SCHOOL DIVISION
AND
THE ST. JAMES-ASSINIBOIA TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
OF THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY
AS FOLLOWS:
Additional Duration: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
Salaries and Allowances Increases: 1.5 % September 6, 2017
1.5% January 1, 2018
For further clarity, any references in the existing collective agreement or letters of understanding to the 2014-2017 collective agreement will now be read as 2014-2018 collective agreement.
New Letter of Understanding: Maternity Leave Top-Up
The following sets out the understanding reached between the St. James-Assiniboia School Division and the St. James-Assiniboia Teachers’ Association (“the Parties”) regarding Article 5.05(iv), which language may result in teachers being paid less than the maximum top-up benefit of one hundred and thirty-five (135) days:
1. The Parties acknowledge that a similar issue is the subject of a grievance arbitration hearing between the Mountain View Teachers’ Association and the Mountain View School Division (“the Mountain View matter”), which matter is scheduled to be heard September 7 to 9, 2016.
2. To avoid delays in the Parties mutual desire to extend the current Collective Agreement by one additional year, the Parties agree to be bound by the final decision of the arbitration board in the Mountain View matter including any subsequent judicial decisions related thereto until June 30, 2018.
3. Nothing prevents either Party from proposing changes to Article 5.05 in subsequent collective agreement negotiations.
Dated at St. James-Assiniboia the 26th day of April 2016.
Signed and agreed on behalf of the St. James-Assiniboia School Division:
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Chair Secretary-Treasurer/CFO
Signed and agreed on behalf of the St. James-Assiniboia Teachers’ Association:
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President Secretary