The Brief
- MTEA and MPS are deadlocked over the timing of a 2.63% raise, with the union demanding a July start and the district proposing January 2027.
- The parties clash over a $7.5 million calculation gap regarding payroll and benefit costs, prompting both sides to move to mediation.
- Faced with a $46 million shortfall, MPS is cutting 200 non-classroom positions while simultaneously hiring new teaching staff.
MILWAUKEE – There is a fight over your tax money, and how much of it will go to Milwaukee teachers – and that fight heated up on Monday, April 20.
Contract debate
What we know:
It is the teachers union versus Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). The two sides are millions of dollars apart.
On Monday, for the sixth time, both sides sat at the same table. They are negotiating next year’s contract. Since they cannot agree, both sides agreed to go to mediation next week.
The Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) wants a cost of living raise of 2.63%. That is the maximum allowed under Act 10, which says public sector unions can negotiate raises up to the level of inflation. …