Amador County – Members of the California School Employees Association were expected to be out in force at the Wednesday, January 28 meeting of the School Board to protest proposed layoffs within the Amador Unified School District. Superintendent Dick Glock is recommending the board vote to terminate eleven workers in the maintenance department. Eleven employees would be fired effective March 30, 2009, including nine maintenance and grounds workers, and two maintenance department clerical workers. Glock had announced to the union that he will rewrite job descriptions and give the positions new titles. Workers hired into the “new” jobs will do the same work as the fired workers, but at only 75% of the current pay. He said laid off workers would be allowed to apply for the “new” jobs, but will not be guaranteed they will be hired. CSEA maintains Glock’s plan violates the union contract and state law. The union will take the matter to grievance arbitration and, if necessary, to the California Public Employment Relations Board. At a union meeting in Jackson on Monday, January 26, sixty workers pledged to be at the district board meeting to protest the firing of the eleven maintenance workers. Maintenance department workers and their supporters addressed the board at its meeting at 5:30 pm, before board members went into closed session to consider Glock’s recommendation. The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, January 28 at 5:30pm. TSPN will have a full story on the outcome of the meeting in our upcoming broadcast. Staff Report (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).