Negotiations resume between Westland teachers, district
Contract negotiations between teachers and Wayne-Westland school officials resumed Monday after the school day was cancelled due to a “work stoppage” by the teachers’ union.
According to information released by the Wayne-Westland Community School District (WWCD), bargaining teams for the district and for the Wayne-Westland Education Association (WWEA resumed negotiations at 4 p.m. State mediator Wanda Mayes facilitated the process once again.
“We look forward to a productive negotiation today,” said School Superintendent Gregory Baracy in a written statement. “Our primary responsibility is, and always has been, to our students. Our differences with the union should be resolved at the negotiating table, and should not stand in the way of our students’ education.”
Representatives for the WWEA indicated Monday morning that the work stoppage developed after discussions stalled on Friday night. According to a written statement released by the union, the action ended the Michigan Education Association’s “14-year drought of work stoppages” and “has put Wayne-Westland on everyone’s radar.”
“We set a precedent,” said Nancy Strachan, president of the WWEA in the statement. “If we hadn’t walked today, others wouldn’t know it’s OK to do this. This won’t end bargaining struggles across the state but we’ve taken a step.”
School board members will host a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the Stockmeyer Auditorium at Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne. Wayne Memorial High School is located on Glenwood Road between Wildwood and Venoy roads.
No information is currently available on when school will resume.


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