programs, pension administration for non-teaching staff in most schools, financial administration for child nutrition and school food programming, and coordination of labour relations and collective bargaining services, also deserve special mention”, affirmed president Sandy Nemeth. A point of particular pride for the association remains in the fact that every public school board in the province is a member of the association and professional relationships are maintained with counterparts in the First Nations, private and religious education sectors.“Our staff are experts in their respective fields. This has certainly promoted our association as a go to source for information, assistance and services as required for effective and efficient delivery of public education in Manitoba,” notes Josh Watt, executive director. “Just this year, as one example, our association served as employer agent for all English public school boards during the province’s very first round of consolidated teacher collective bargaining. We successfully negotiated a sound settlement without need for third party arbitration. This was an historic moment for Manitoba and for our school boards as well.” 369 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 07, ISSUE 02 MANITOBA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
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