OSAS Union Wins Court Injunction Halting Detroit Schools Reorganization.Business Editors/Education Writers DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2002 The Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors (OSAS OSAS Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome OSAS Open Systems Accounting Software (Open Systems Holdings Corp., Inc.) OSAS Once Saved Always Saved OSAS Ohio Scottish Arts School ), AFSA AFSA American Foreign Service Association AFSA American Financial Services Association AFSA American Fire Sprinkler Association AFSA Air Force Sergeants Association AFSA American Federation of School Administrators AFSA Armed Forces Security Agency Local 28, AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. , the union representing local public school administrators and supervisors, announced it won a temporary injunction temporary injunction n. a court order prohibiting an action by a party to a lawsuit until there has been a trial or other court action. A temporary injunction differs from a "temporary restraining order" which is a short-term, stop-gap injunction issued pending a in court yesterday, halting Detroit Schools CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Kenneth Burnley's efforts to demote de·mote tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes To reduce in grade, rank, or status. [de- + (pro)mote. them. In addition, the court ordered the school district to cooperate with the union in the scheduling of arbitration hearings to be held in September on union grievances challenging the CEO's actions. At the end of the last school year, Detroit Schools CEO Kenneth Burnley issued pink slips to 391 OSAS master teachers, eliminating their jobs and demoting them to classrooms. Yesterday, the union filed a lawsuit against the actions of the school district's CEO, requesting that the court halt the CEO's actions to demote the administrators and supervisors. The Wayne County Circuit Court ruled on the spot in favor of the union's request for an injunction. The injunction is in effect until September 6th, when the court will conduct further hearings on the lawsuit. The suit was accompanied by the union's filing charges with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission asserting that the CEO had violated Michigan labor law, and additional charges with the Michigan State Tenure Commission asserting that the CEO has violated the Teacher Tenure Act. "Today the court affirmed the union's position that you can't just ignore a collective bargaining contract, fire the whole bargaining unit, and replace some of them with teaching jobs. We are talking about people's lives here and the quality of education for our schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school ," said Diann Woodard, President of OSAS and a former Detroit schools assistant principal. "This is the first of many victories to come for OSAS members and the children we educate." OSAS plans to take its case to the streets on Labor Day, when hundreds of union members will march in protest of CEO Burnley's actions at the Michigan State AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade and Laborfest. OSAS members will lead the parade, carrying a large banner. OSAS is affiliated with the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), AFL-CIO, a national labor organization representing public school principals, administrators and supervisors. AFSA fights for quality public school education. |
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