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The bargaining teams from Alameda Unified School District and the Alameda Education Association will go into mediation on January 22. AEA had filed for impasse on November 17, alleging the two teams' salary proposals are too far apart to be bridged.
For mediation, the Public Employees Relations Board assigns a third-party mediator to work with the two teams to come to agreement. That process can take several weeks.
If the two teams still can't come to agreement, they'll enter a formal fact-finding process, during which a three-person panel - comprised of a district-appointed member, a union-appointed member, and state-appointed member - reviews the arguments and proposals of both sides and provides a recommended course of action. This, too, can take several weeks.
Based on the fact-finding report, the district will then give its "last and best" offer. If the union rejects that, they can take a vote to strike.
More information - including press releases and FAQs about the negotiation process - is available on our Negotiations Update page.