Why can employees take a cut in their salaries and save jobs?
A reduction to salary is negotiable when it affects bargaining unit positions. So, salaries cannot be reduced without agreement of the associations for their members. Management salaries can be reduced without negotiation by simple action of the Board of Education. The Burbank Unified School District has two associations. These are the Burbank Teachers Association (BTA) and the local chapter of the Classified School Employees Association (CSEA). If one or both assocations agreed to a decrease in salaries, that savings could be used to save some jobs. A salary reduction could be temporary or long term, based on the negotiated agreement that is entered into.
