Bargaining the Non-Instructional Units

1. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools Patricia Ruth Walker DistrictLead Negotiator (OESPA)* Orange County Public Schools Krista Russell District Lead Negotiator (CTA)** Orange County Public Schools *Orange Education Support Professionals Association **Classroom Teachers Association

2. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools Challenges: Managing the meetings Getting the work done

3. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools Orange bargains with one union for all non-instructional units Orange Education Support Professionals Association (OESPA)

4. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools OESPA is a wall to wall unit Clerical Custodial Education Para-professionals Food Service Maintenance Technology Transportation Uniformed Security

5. Managing the meetings Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

6. Managing the meetings • Scheduling • Identifying issues • Establishing common goals • Distinguish your ‘wants’ from your ‘must haves’ Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

7. Managing the meetings • Agree on what issues are immediate and which ones can wait • Agree on what the wait time will look like Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

8. Managing the meetings • Getting to ‘Yes’ • Meeting all your deadlines • Keeping it all together • Starting all over again with either a new fiscal year or new union leadership Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

9. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

10. The death of bargaining = meetings • The life of bargaining = meetings • When do you get ‘the work’ done? Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

11. Getting the work done Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

12. Getting the work done • Human Resource Sub-committee • Union Management Meetings (UMMs) Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

13. Human Resources Sub-committee • Clarifies existing language • Researches and proposes new language • Ensures the contract is consistent throughout Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

14. Human Resources Sub-committee (cont’d) • Provides safeguards so contract language doesn’t conflict with district operating procedures Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

15. Human Resources Sub-committee (cont’d) • Vets issues with departments that may be impacted by recommendations coming from the committee to avoid conflict Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

16. Human Resources Sub-committee (cont’d) • Co-chaired by: • Someone from Human Resources • Someone from the union as appointed by the union President Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

17. Human Resources Sub-committee (cont’d) • Meets monthly or as required by the agenda Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

18. Union Management Meetings (UMMs) • All job titles are grouped into ”Job Families” based on similarly required skills, knowledge and training required to perform the work outlined in the job description Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

19. Union Management Meetings (UMMs) • Each job family has an elected leader • The union president and the elected leader choose the members of the UMM from the union side Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

20. Union Management Meetings (UMMs) • Chief negotiator for the district serves as co-chair for all UMMs • Chief negotiator selects managers to serve as members of the respective UMM Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

21. Union Management Meetings (UMMs) • The union prepares an agenda of items to be discussed, unique to their “Job Family” • Managers submit agenda items for discussion, unique to their department Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

22. Protocols for conducting the meeting include: • Respect one another • Speak to the issue not a person Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

23. Protocols for conducting the meeting include: • Listen for understanding from the speaker’s perspective • Speak to the listeners in the way you want to be spoken to Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

24. Protocols for decisions making and recommendations: • Must be supported with data (no ‘I think’ or ‘somebody said’) • Solutions must be valid and reasonable Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

25. Protocols for decisions making and recommendations: • Communicate the facts of the meeting to your colleagues Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

26. Benefits of following this practice • The persons with the complaint and the persons with the solution are usually present at the table • Improves and facilitates communications between management and the classified team Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

27. Benefits of following this practice • Develops skills for both parties on problem solving and decision making Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

28. Secret of Success • Manage the Meetings • Get the work done Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools

29. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools Questions?

30. Bargaining theNon-Instructional Units Orange County Public Schools Patricia Ruth Walker, Lead Negotiator OESPA Labor Relations 407.317.3337 Option 3 Krista Russell, Lead Negotiator CTA Employment Services 407.317.3200 Option 2

31. OESPA contract on the web Orange County Public Schools