More than a year has passed since Clovis Unified's school psychologists voted to be represented as a bargaining unit by the Association of Clovis Educators, but the district and union have not been able to reach agreement on ACE's first-ever contract. On Tuesday, ACE announced that the union and district...
Most Clovis School Employees Get 7% Raise. ACE Psychologists Still Negotiating.
Most Clovis Unified School District employees will get an across-the-board 7% pay increase, and they could get more depending on the results of a pending market study, district officials say. The pay raise applies to all employees except school psychologists and mental health counselors now represented by the Association...
Clovis School Psychologists Now Represented by ACE Union
The Association of Clovis Educators announced Friday morning that the California Public Employment Relations Board has recognized ACE as the union winning an election to represent the district's school psychologists and mental health service providers. Sixty-nine percent of the 71 employees voted in favor of union representation by ACE, the...
Clovis Teachers Union Group Files New Labor Complaint Against School District
The Association of Clovis Educators, which is seeking to form a labor union for Clovis Unified teachers and other educators, has filed a second labor complaint against the district with the state Public Employment Relations Board. ACE is asking PERB to stop the district from controlling and funding the district's...
In ‘Historic’ Move, Clovis Unified Psychologists Agree to Form Union
Nearly 75% of Clovis Unified's school psychologists have signed a petition authorizing union representation for the first time in the district's history. The petition was being submitted Thursday to the California Public Employment Relations Board for certification, organizer Tamara Soemali said. If the petition is certified, the school psychologists will...
Budding Clovis Teachers Union Files Labor Complaint Against District
The Association of Clovis Educators, which is trying to organize a teachers union in Clovis Unified, on Tuesday filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the district with the California Public Employment Relations Board. The complaint alleges that the Faculty Senate, which the district says is the representative body for...
Is It Time for Clovis Unified to Have a Teachers Union?
Saying that they don't have enough of a voice in Clovis Unified decision-making — including how soon students return to campus during the pandemic — a group of Clovis Unified educators say it's time to form a union. The Association of Clovis Educators announced this week that work is underway...