The Shoreline Unified teachers union threatened the district with an unfair labor practice lawsuit at a board meeting last week, citing continued issues with their members’ compensation and benefits. Some teachers still have not been paid in accordance with the labor contract agreed upon in January, said Julie Cassel, president of the Shoreline Educators Association, and some paychecks have not reflected employees’ accrued vacation time. “As these are long-term unresolved labor issues, S.E.A. has notified Bob [Raines, Shoreline’s superintendent,] that it will file an unfair labor practice suit if a timeline for settling these issues has not been created by September 30, 2019,” Ms. Cassell read from a letter during the board’s meeting last Thursday. Because it is a small district, she said teachers do not wish to call any individual employees to task. After the meeting, Mr. Raines told the Light that setting a timeline by the end of the month would not be a problem, and that he wasn’t worried about potential legal action. The teachers’ letter said that the S.E.A. had not received a written copy of the final labor contract negotiated in January. This makes it more difficult for teachers to sort through pay discrepancies, Ms. Cassel told the Light. Although the contract is in effect, the association has not signed it. Last week’s letter had its intended effect, however: after the board meeting, the district sent the S.E.A. a copy, which it plans to ratify on Oct. 1. The teacher’s union also asked the district to prioritize its relationships with staff members, citing ongoing complaints of members’ calls and emails not being returned by various staff members throughout the district. “This is unprofessional and erodes working relationships, creating problems rather than solving them,” the letter states. Lastly, the letter asks administrators to limit their time away from campus. Anecdotally, teachers have noticed the positive difference in student behavior and achievement when administrators are on campus, Ms. Cassel said. “While we all recognize that there are times when administrators need to be offsite, it is our opinion that this is still happening at a rate that is detrimental to the achievement of students and the efficient functioning of our campuses,” the letter states. With no vice principals, if a principal has to go offsite for a meeting, a teacher is left in charge while also maintaining their core responsibilities. The concerns echo those voiced in a letter by the teachers union in May about Mr. Raines not spending enough time at the district and teachers not receiving their 3 percent raise. That letter described a continuing pattern of mistakes and failures to meet deadlines.