--------------American School in Japan -----------------ASIJ Teachers' Union---Protecting Our Rights

5th Arbitration --May 20, 2004
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May 17, 2004--5th Arbitration meeting--the Board team left the planned 3-hour meeting after 40 minutes saying they could not discuss anything without it being in written form.

They asked us to name the six administrators -- we assured the administrators of confidentiality, but the six are of only nine still living!  We did say they included past Headmasters, HS principals, MS principal, ES principal and Directors of Business Affairs. 

They also said there were some discrepencies in our listing of the non-extended teachers.  We are not aware of any errors on this point.  These facts have been posted and presented for nearly two years and nothing has been said by the Board's representatives until this meeting .  Would this be a delay tactic?  We never claimed the names were perfect, but certainly we have shared all of our information.  How about the same from the Board side?  Especially in this time of desiring to move forward in "good faith". 

No new arbitration date was set, but  proposal will be sent to the Board in the near future. (sent May 27).