HELENA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

The HEA/HSD bargaining team met on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 from 4:00-5:30 pm at the Lincoln Center Board Room. All members were in attendance with the exception of Trustee McKee. Max Hallfrisch from the Department of Labor and Industry is serving as our facilitator. During the meeting we produced the following document “The Story”. This document covers the issue(s) that we are bargaining for, the story that describes why we are bargaining this issue, the needs, desires,

The HEA/HSD bargaining team met on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 from 4:00-5:00 pm at the Lincoln Center Board Room. All members were in attendance with the exception of Trustee McKee. Max Hallfrisch from the Department of Labor and Industry is serving as our facilitator. During the meeting we produced the following Ground Rules document. This document covers the rules under which all parties will adhere to during the Interest-Based Bargaining process. We also agreed to hol

The HEA Bargaining Team continues to negotiate a retirement incentive that works for you, our members. To recap, here is a bulleted list of our negotiations to date: HEA's original proposal (12/13/21) asked for an investment of $675,000 for 30 retirees ($22,500/per 30 retirees). The District countered (1/14/22) with an investment offer of $360,000 for 40 retirees ($9,000/per 40 retirees). HEA was willing to negotiate (1/20/22) a lower investment of $540,000 for 30 retirees (

The HEA and HSD bargaining team met on Wednesday, January 26, for the first time. We are participating in interest-based bargaining (IBB), so we are working with facilitator Max Hallfrisch through the Montana State Dept. of Labor and Industry. At the January 26 meeting we introduced the members of the team and learned about the process. The HEA teams consists of: Jane Shawn, Anna Alger, Adam Clinch, Joanne Didriksen, Kelly Elder, Bob Korizek, Erika McMillin, Paul Phillips,