March 15, 2012

There was no bargaining session on March 15th, but there was an interesting development.

The Garvey School District posted a cover letter as well as all the documents which were distributed during the March 12th session on their website. This went against interest based bargaining tenets as understood by the Garvey Education Association. In interest based bargaining, notification to the public is done jointly unless the parties decide to waive this practice. There was no discussion about the matter. This new practice was begun without the knowledge of the parties involved.

It will be determined as to whether equal access is granted to both sides.