Public School teacher representative Ambrose Bennett said he has reconsidered his previous decision to stop attending Board of Education meetings \u201cfor the interest of teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy fellow teachers, school teacher representatives have advised me to stay and not skip board meetings. It\u2019s for the great interest of the teachers that I attend the meetings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bennett earlier said he would stop attending the meetings until the board decides on his pending petition for a teachers\u2019 collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n
He lamented that, since the submission of the proposed agreement to the board in April this year, no action has been made on it yet.<\/p>\n
He said the board had formed an adhoc committee to tackle the issue but he doubted that it has conducted any meeting at all.<\/p>\n
Bennett earlier said that attending the board meetings without the board\u2019s recognition of the teachers\u2019 right to bargain would be \u201cuseless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes no sense to me to attend meetings when I\u2019m not part of the process\u2026I don\u2019t plan on attending any general meeting where issues are finalized by a vote that I don\u2019t have because it\u2019s a waste of my time, gas, and efforts,\u201dhe earlier said. <\/p>\n
BOE chair Roman C. Benavente had said that it was all up to Bennett. \u201cWe can\u2019t force him to attend. It\u2019s his choice but he\u2019d be misrepresenting the teachers by doing that,\u201d Benavente said.<\/p>\n
Benavente earlier appointed board member Marja Lee Taitano to head the adhoc committee to assess the proposed teachers\u2019 exclusive bargaining agreement. Other members include Frances Diaz and Herman T. Guerrero. <\/p>\n
Bennett is insisting that CNMI teachers have the right to collective bargaining under federal and local laws. He said that the BOE by law \u201chas no options and cannot refuse recognition nor dictate the type of representation for teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said it is in the best interest of all parties if BOE acts in \u2018good faith\u2019 through a collaborative effort to reach an agreement on the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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