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December 17, 2007

Union set to picket School Committee chair's workplace

The Tiverton teachers union is slated to picket this afternoon at the workplace of the town's School Committee chairwoman, Denise deMedeiros.

Union members have said they will picket at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass.

Last week, Judge Vincent Ragosta denied a School Committeee request for an injunction to halt the picketing after a conference with lawyers for the School Committee and the union, the NEA-Tiverton.

The picketing, at 2 p.m., is intended to call attention to stalemated contract negotiations to try to force the School Committee to the bargaining table, the union president has said.

deMedeiros has said the union is trying to harass her and affect her ability to do her job.

The committee declared an impasse in court-ordered mediation in October and filed for nonbinding arbitration. That court order, issued in early September, means teachers must work without a contract.

Two teachers who were suspended with pay for printing an anonymous letter critical of deMedeiros in the union newsletter were notified last week that they will have disciplinary hearings before the School Committee on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.

-- With Journal archival reports

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 7:11 AM | Permalink

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