<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; ">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Mark Coplan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "><a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><b>Update on Negotiations between BUSD and Bargaining Units</b><br></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br><b>Berkeley
Unified School District</b><br></span><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">CONTACT:
Mark Coplan, BUSD PIO</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Cell: <a href="tel:510-472-3811" target="_blank">510-472-3811</a> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="font-size: 15px;">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a></p><p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b style="font-size: 15px;">For
Immediate Release</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">June 26,
2013</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b style="font-size: 15px;">Update on
Negotiations between BUSD and Bargaining Units</b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">On May 30<sup>th</sup>
Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers
(BFT) announced a tentative agreement for the 2012-2013 contract negotiations
subject to ratification by BFT and approval by the BUSD Board of Education.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Since then,
BFT has ratified the contract and the Board approved the agreement at the June
19<sup>th</sup> board meeting. The District will be implementing the “Me Too” provision
for Berkeley Council of Classified Employees (BCCE), though negotiations are
ongoing. The District has also reached a tentative agreement with Union of
Berkeley Administrators (UBA), and is working on an agreement with Local 21.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Recap of BFT
Agreement: All BFT bargaining unit wages, including salaries, stipends, daily
rates and hourly rates shall be adjusted to reflect a 2.5% increase effective
July 1, 2012. Each unit member shall
also receive an additional one-time payment equal to 2.5% of his/her 2012-2013
salary. The District contribution to
health and welfare benefits remains unchanged.
This is in addition to the 1% bonus negotiated for all employees in the
fall of 2012.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">###</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">-- <br>Mark Coplan, Public Information Officer</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Berkeley Unified School District</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="tel:510-644-6320" value="+15106446320" target="_blank">510-644-6320</a> Cell: <a href="tel:510-472-3811" value="+15104723811" target="_blank">510-472-3811</a></span></div>
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