Though a Fall River Educator’s Association Facebook post may herald a new “tentative agreement” with the Fall River School Committee, at a meeting on Jan. 2, committee members claim no deal has been finalized. 

FREA President Keith Michon confirmed that, on Dec. 20, “there was an agreement between our bargaining team and their bargaining team,” the result of which established sizable increases in salary for multiple occupational steps for every year of employment, an increase in hourly wages, flexible parental leave, and other desirable terms such as bereavement for miscarriages, and stipends for specially licensed educators.

During bargaining negotiations, Michon said, educators, who are represented by FREA and Massachusetts Teachers Association during these negotiations, are sorted into three groups. Michon said the tentative agreement that has been reached applies only to Unit A employees, which includes about 1,000 educators.

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