NACST Newsletter

Volume XXVII No. 2 - January 2006

Grievance/arbitration hearings in two NACST affiliates resulted in the re-hiring of teachers fired in the 2004-2005 school year.

In both instances arbitrators penalized the teachers with suspensions without pay rather than dismissal.

In Philadelphia, ACT successfully argued that the firing of a teacher for "serious neglect of duty" was done without just cause and in violation of contractual provisions for discharge.

In the Camden diocese, CTU successfully argued that the dismissal of a teacher under the Bishop's Clause was too extreme, and that progressive discipline measures should have been taken.