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THE CASE FOR FAIR SHARESlide2
CTA has been successfully advocating for all students—regardless of color, nationality, gender, ethnicity, language, orientation, disabilities, or poverty level.
Our union is the most powerful, effective student-centered, member-driven union in the nation.
CTA’s collective power has led to countless successes.
The Facts
CTA is one of the largest, oldest and most effective unions in the country.
151 Years of Advocacy
325,000
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OUR MISSION
The California Teachers Association exists to protect and promote the well-being of its members; to improve the conditions of teaching and learning; to advance the cause of free, universal, and quality public education; to ensure that the human dignity and civil rights of all children and youth are protected; and to secure a more just, equitable, and democratic society. Slide4
151 Years of Proven Success
Won Bargaining Rights
CTA-sponsored Rodda Act passes, making K-14 educators the first public employees in California to win collective bargaining.
Defeated Anti-Union Slate
Led coalition to defeat slate of ballot measures to cut school funding, strip teachers of due process and silence the union.
Minimum School Funding
Wins passage of Proposition 98 guaranteeing a minimum amount of funding for K-14 schools.
Free School for All
First legislative victory establishes free school for all students—including non-white students.
Created Teachers Retirement
CalSTRS created by legislature
just 3 years after CTA’s State Council called for it.
First Fair Dismissal Law
Won a State Supreme Court ruling establishing due process.
The more we succeed, the more we are attacked by those
that seek to weaken public education by silencing our collective voice.
Passed Prop. 30
Won the largest tax increase in the history of California stopping cuts and bringing in $47 billion in new money.
Protest Japanese Internment
One of a few organizations to protest the internment of Japanese-Americans at the beginning of WW II.
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“Strong unions mean a strong middle class, which means a strong economy.”
Robert B. Reich
makes the case for strengthening unions.
The Union Makes Us StrongSlide6
Attacks are Economic and Political
In the Legislature
Every year, CTA members take positions on hundreds of bills that can help improve student achievement or destroy the learning environment.
Billionaires Club
Billionaire like the Koch Brothers and Eli Broad are spending exorbitant amounts of money to undermine unions—ultimately seeking to turn public schools into profit centers.
At the Ballot Box
Opponents have long sought to silence teachers and limit the role of unions through misleading initiatives. California voters have agreed with educators sending a clear message that they don’t support the corporate agenda.
In the Courts
Not having much success at the ballot box or in state legislatures, many billionaires are hiring high-dollar legal teams and PR agencies to attack long-standing union protections.
The judicial system is becoming the new frontier for attacks on the middle class and unions.Slide7
The Latest: Friedrichs
v. CTAAt the center of this lawsuit is the constitutionality of Fair Share, often called Agency Fee.
Why is Fair Share Under Attack?
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limit our voice and rights
as educators.
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undermine (and ultimately privatize) public education.
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Freidrichs
seeks to eliminate the “Fair Share” provision CTA and other unions offer to educators not wanting to be full members, yet still reaping the benefits of the contract.
SCOTUS granted cert on Tuesday, June 30.
We expect the Court to hear the case next winter and to issue a decision toward the end of its term, likely at the end of June of 2016.Slide8
What is Fair Share?
Let’s take a closer at what Fair Share is and what it is not.
By visiting
www.cta.org/LeaderResources
you can download this presentation as well as more information about Fair Share that you can use when talking to members or potential members.
Fair Share is a common-sense way to ensure fairness and protect equity, individual rights, and the pocketbooks of educators.
Every educator who enjoys the benefits and protections of a negotiated contract should, in fairness, contribute to maintaining the contract.
Fair Share fees are not used for political or ideological activities.
Fair Share does not force individuals to join CTA. In fact, Fair Share protects the individual rights of educators to choose whether to join the Association.
Under Fair Share, all members enjoy the benefits, rights, and protections of the bargained contract, but the similarities end there.
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Consider This
If Fair Share is ruled unconstitutional, what will that mean to our union and our profession?
What would your local look like without fair share (agency) fees?
Who are the current members most likely to drop membership (and stop paying dues)?
What activities does your local focus most of its time and resources on?
What does your chapter currently do to recruit members and build them into advocates?
A Strong Union = Quality Education
Quality Education Investment Act:
An 8-year project providing additional funds to implement proven reform for our most at-risk students.
Increased and Targeted Funding:
Passage of Prop. 30 is paying back schools and colleges from years of cuts and is providing the monies needed to implement the LCFF, built on the same principles as QEIA.
Local Control Accountability Plan:
This is giving local educators a larger role in determining what is best for the students in their districts. Who knows better what your students need than you?
Instructional Leadership Corps:
CTA is collaborating with the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) and the National Board Resource Center at Stanford University to develop instructional leaders in implementing new standards.
Think Tanks:
A program from the IFT that invites educators into the room to share innovative ideas and build upon what works. Slide10
Our Union. Our Voice.
CTA’s Long-term strategic plan took nearly 2 years to build and involved feedback from more than 30,000 members.
Resources about the long-term strategic plan can be found at
www.cta.org/ourfuture
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Building a Strong Union
CTA’s members are the heart of the union and determine its strength and vitality. The primary goal of building a strong union rests squarely on this shared belief.
Quality Public Education
CTA members first and foremost are educators. Helping children, guiding their learning and being part of a profession that creates a better society and future for all of us are the reasons most members give for choosing to become educators.
Structure & Governance
All structures and entities within CTA must be aligned to support the implementation of the strategic plan and to retain CTA’s long-standing commitment to a strong system of representational democracy.Slide11
Our Advocacy Agenda
The Public Education All California Students Deserve is student-centered and educator-driven.
Download the full document and learn more about CTA advocacy agenda at
www.cta.org/ourfuture
. This is a great one to share with educators to start a conversation.
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What’s At Stake?
This isn’t about individual rights, this is about weakening our voice to advocate for students and our profession.
We can’t afford to be silent.
Plus, it’s not our style.
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What Do We Do?
We are 325,000 strong and when we work together great things happen.
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Timelines
CTA has been educating leaders for over a year about the potential loss of Agency Fee.
Workgroup Formed
A staff workgroup was formed in 2014 to pull together a plan of action to educate staff and leaders about Freidrichs v. CTA. The workgroup was also charged with researching and recommending membership engagement ideas and materials—like this PowerPoint.
Training Leaders
CTA has and will continue to spend much of 2015 educating staff and leaders about the challenges we face and set the stage to begin to build local engagement plans.
Building Plan
The next phase has local leaders working with staff to build engagement plans tailored to their membership. Think of it like the LCAP for engagement—the LEAP.
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Plan in Action
All chapters should have a Membership Engagement Plan in Place to execute at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.Slide15
Our New Resource Center
As a leader you have to know and share a lot of information. We just made that easier.
www.cta.org/LeaderResources
We know that being a leader can be busy and demanding. That’s why we have launched a
Leader Resource Center
designed to initially deliver you all the resources you will need to recruit and engage members. We will be adding to it throughout the year to include information, trainings, documents and forms you need to be the best leader possible.Slide16
Fair Share Awareness Toolkit
PowerPoint Presentation, Talking Points, Sample Responses, NEA Fair Share Guidebook…
Chapter Operations
Presidents Guidebook, Treasurer’s Training, CTA360 Information…
Membership Engagement
Customizable Flyers, Bulletin Board Materials, Member Benefits Toolkit, Advocacy Agenda…
Community
Engagement Toolkit
Coming Soon
! Community Engagement Team trainings, Chapter-Community Assessment tools…
Forms Center
Reimbursement, Conference Report, Voluntary Membership Contribution...
Organization Documents
Organizational Handbook, Elections Manual, State Council Minutes…
It’s Really Your New Resource Center
Let’s take a closer look at all that you can find at
www.cta.org/LeaderResources
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This center is designed to help our leaders find what they need quickly. Some areas will require a login. Slide17
The California Teachers Association exists to protect and promote the well-being of its members; to improve the conditions of teaching and learning; to advance the cause of free, universal, and quality public education; to ensure that the human dignity and civil rights of all children and youth are protected; and to secure a more just, equitable, and democratic society.
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QUESTIONS?
The California Teachers Association exists to protect and promote the well-being of its members; to improve the conditions of teaching and learning; to advance the cause of free, universal, and quality public education; to ensure that the human dignity and civil rights of all children and youth are protected; and to secure a more just, equitable, and democratic society.