AGREEMENT

Nov 20, 2006 11:33 AM

AGREEMENT MADE AND ENTERED INTO by and between the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (hereinafter referred to as the "Board'') and GUIDANCE COUNSELORS CHAPTER, UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO (hereinafter referred to as the "Union'' or the "Chapter'').

WHEREAS, the Board has voluntarily endorsed the practices and procedures of collective bargaining as a peaceful, fair and orderly way of conducting its relations with its employees insofar as such practices and procedures are appropriate to the special functions and obligations of the Board, are permitted by law and are consonant with the paramount interests of the school children, the school system and the public; and

WHEREAS, in a special referendum conducted among the professional educational personnel, over 70 percent of those who participated favored collective bargaining as a way of conducting their relations with the Board; and

WHEREAS, the Board on March 8, 1962, adopted a Statement of Policies and Practices with Respect to Representation of Pedagogical and Civil Service Employees for Purposes of Collective Bargaining with the Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Statement of Policies''); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Statement of Policies, the Association of Guidance Counselors filed a request to be certified as the exclusive bargaining representative of all employees employed by the Board of Education in the titles of Educational and Vocational Counselor, Guidance Counselor and Teacher of Educational and Vocational Guidance and submitted petitions signed by more than 50 percent of the employees in such titles authorizing the Association to act as their representative for purposes of collective bargaining with the Board, and the Superintendent determined the unit to be appropriate, and the Board issued a Certificate of Exclusive Bargaining Status on October 11, 1962; and

WHEREAS, the Association of Guidance Counselors became affiliated with the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, as a functional chapter known as Guidance Counselors Chapter, United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, and the Union has shown by satisfactory evidence that it represents a majority of those employed as per session counselors, and of counselors assigned to central headquarters and district offices; and

WHEREAS, an agreement heretofore entered into by and between the parties effective on September 16, 2000 expired on May 31, 2003; and

WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Memorandum of Agreement on October 3, 2005 effective from June 1, 2003 through October 12, 2007; and

WHEREAS, designated representatives of the Board have met with representatives of the Union and fully considered and discussed with them, in behalf of the counselors in the bargaining unit, changes in salary schedules, improvement in working conditions, and machinery for the presentation and adjustment of certain types of complaints, it is agreed as follows: