The association does not want to be adversarial, he said, but negotiate with the district in good faith. Additionally, the security officials hope to get more training. All six make the same salary, which comes out to less than $14 an hour, he said.Ĭurrently the employees can get health insurance only for themselves, and not their families, he said. “The main catalyst was we haven’t had a raise in almost five years,” Lutz said. Armstrong Middle School and the other works at Franklin D. Truman High School a year ago.įour of the union members work in Truman. The difference is that the school police are all Act 120 trained, which means they have police basic training, said Lutz, who retired as a Bristol Borough police sergeant in 2011 and began working at Harry S. He said the union is made up of three school police officers and three school security guards. The newly formed union is called the Bristol Township Schools Police-Security Officers Association, according to its president, Bill Lutz. He said the school district “will sit down and negotiate in good faith like it does with the other bargaining units.” School district solicitor David Truelove said the district has no objection to the security employees unionizing. On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board issued certification, said Dennis Bachy, the administrative officer of the board’s Pittsburgh office. Six school security workers successfully voted March 19 to form a collective bargaining unit. Security and school police for the Bristol Township School District soon will be able to negotiate salaries and benefits.
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