Union negotiation round co-determination without email threads
Open a negotiation round on the allocation, run per-staff threads, accept/reject and lock with a sign-off signature. The whole flow is logged. Bryk & Schneider (2002) show structural trust between leadership and staff is the strongest predictor of school improvement — and structure is what the negotiation module delivers.
Snapshot per round
Each round locks to a snapshot — so you can see exactly what was negotiated.
Per-staff threads
Union rep and leader run the dialogue per teacher — not one giant shared thread.
Accept / reject
Each assignment can be accepted or rejected — rejections come with a comment.
Lock with signature
When both agree, the round locks with digital signature and timestamp.
Only those involved see detail
The teacher sees their own thread. Union rep and leader see all. The rest see nothing.
Full audit trail
Every change is logged — ready for arbitration, complaint or internal audit per DLF union handbook (2022).
In the classroom
Spring round
The annual union round runs in the tool — no Word attachments in email.
Complaint on the allocation
The whole dialogue can be pulled as evidence if the allocation is challenged.
Large staff schools
Threads make 60+ conversations manageable — nobody loses track.
For school leadership and for the union rep
The leader opens a round from a frozen snapshot, so the allocation isn't changed while negotiation is running. Each thread has a visible status (open/accepted/rejected), and the leader can lock the round with a digital signature when there's agreement — or escalate to municipal level if not.
- Frozen snapshot — no 'moving' baseline to negotiate over
- Digital signature archived as a signed PDF
- Escalation path to municipal level if disagreement
The union rep has the same access to snapshot, threads and audit trail as leadership. That means concrete co-determination, not 'consultation after the decision is made'. The DLF union handbook (2022) emphasises documented dialogue as the precondition for a legally sound local agreement.
- Read access to the full snapshot — not just your own class
- Templates for rejections with concrete reasoning
- Export of the whole negotiation as evidence
Works with
Research base
The negotiation module is grounded in Danish labour-market practice and research on trust in schools.
- Danmarks Lærerforening (2022). TR-håndbogen: Medbestemmelse, forhandling og lokalaftaler om arbejdstid. dlf.org
- Bryk, A. S., & Schneider, B. (2002). Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement. Russell Sage Foundation
- Johnson, S. M., Kraft, M. A., & Papay, J. P. (2012). How context matters in high-need schools: The effects of teachers' working conditions on their professional satisfaction and their students' achievement. Teachers College Record, 114(10), 1–39
- Hargreaves, A., & O'Connor, M. T. (2018). Collaborative Professionalism: When Teaching Together Means Learning for All. Corwin
- KL & Lærernes Centralorganisation (2020). Arbejdstidsaftale 2020 (A20) — Bilag 1: Den årlige planlægning af opgaver og tid. kl.dk source
- Danmarks Evalueringsinstitut (EVA) (2021). Lærernes arbejdsmiljø og trivsel i folkeskolen. EVA source
Frequently asked questions
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