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Carol Pann (left) and Carol Stener (right) of the Janesville Education Association meet in the Marshall Middle School parking lot on "work the contract" day May 5. The JEA implemented a one-day job action during Teacher Appreciation Week to demonstrate frustration over a dispute involving implementation of the 2003-05 contract. The JEA believes the board should be shifting some unanticipated health insurance cost savings into salaries, and has filed a grievance. At the same time, the union is preparing for negotiations to begin later this month on the 2005-07 contract. During the job action, teachers walked into and out of their schools at exactly the work hours designated in the contract and refused to do any other duties or participate in any school activities not specified in the contract. In a message to members, the JEA Action Committee said: "The purpose of this day is to be a practice for the coming school year. We anticipate that if the grievance between the JEA and district is not resolved or that contract negotiations are unsuccessful, we will call for a gradual phase-in of 'work to contract' days for the 2005-06 school year."

- Submitted by Colleen Neumann

Posted May 12, 2005

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