“T OOLS FOR P OWER FOR THE PUBLIC E DUCATION O UR S TUDENTS D ESERVE ” 1
www.tinyurl.com/ctaadvocacyagenda 2
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Course GOAL: Create Powerful, High Participation Work Sites in every CTA Local Chapter to Win Life-Altering Improvements in Chapter’s Contract. 4
Road to our WIN POWER = SUCCESS 5
Power Building Strategies 1. Powerful, High Participation Work Sites (SUPERMAJORITY) Plan to “WIN” 2. 3. Organizational Cost 4. Structure Tests 5. Assessments 6. Organic Leader ID and Development 6
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UNIONS that WIN! Our Common Goal High Participation Union 8
What is our Union’s SUCCESS dependent on? How well organized each work site is! 9
Jane McAlevey believes a strong work site has: 90% union cards (membership density) 100% Stewards (site reps) positions filled and functioning 75% paying into political funds 75% voting regularly (ratification and union elections) 10
This EEA Session Do you want to solve A problem or THE Problem? 11
The Boss’ Tool for Power 1.Fear 2.Intimidation 3.Distraction 4.Divide & Conquer 12
Ensuring Our POWER 4 Union Tools for Members to Achieve their Goals 1 - Organizing for Power/High Participation (Our Offense) 2 – Grievance / Complaints / Litigation (Our Defense) 3 – Collective Bargaining (Our Scoreboard) 4 – Framing & Messaging (Our Narrative) 13
CTA Frame/Messages Our students are at the center of everything we do to ensure the public education our students deserve BE Quality DISCIPLINED & Control Student Success the Opportunity NARRATIVE! 14
For CTA Members ONLY! 15
1:1 Conversations Assessments of all Escalation and members and fair Compression share payers (Organic Leaders) ORGANIZING FOR POWER Distributive (Team) Efficient and Leadership at all effective sites with communication ORGANIIC LEADERS 16
Discovering your MEMBERS’ TRUE “WIN” 1. Organizational Cost High-Level Collective Action/Super Majority 2. Structure Tests Tell you more than a “SURVEY”. 3. Organic Leaders 17
Escalation and Compression Escalation • Start at the lowest level possible and giving your target an Compression opportunity to make things right before moving to a higher level of activity. • Start at the lowest level with members or potential members – helping them be successful with smaller asks before making December bigger asks. Compression November • Create a “crisis” for your target • Identify a short time period where you can create a lot of activity in a variety of areas to October put pressure on your target September August 18
Sample Bargaining/LCAP/Organizing Plan High Participation is a PREREQUISITE for POWER! Local Chapter’s Name: Dates of Plan: GOAL (WHY?): OBJECTIVES (HOW? Must be measurable. Objectives drive the local chapter to achieve its GOAL): Strategies (general WHAT) and Tactics (specific WHAT) are listed below by months. Please person(s) responsible in parenthesis after each strategy/tactic. Strategies and Tactics ensure that the local chapter meets each objective. Areas: (Examples Months: are below) Key Events / Compression Points: LCAP: Bargaining: Organizing (Member engagement & recruitment, High Participation, etc.) Communications (Internal & External) Community Outreach & Organizing: Political Action/Electoral Campaigns/Lobbying & Government Relations: 19
PLAN TO WIN: HIGH PARTICIPATION IS A PREREQUISITE FOR POWER Local Chapter: Date Range: Chapter Goal (Win) / Chapter Collective “WHY”: RESOURCES Objectives (HOW?): TASKS (WHAT?): WHO TIMELINE: DATA TRACKING & REPORTING: CHECK-INS: EVALUATION: NEEDED 20
Road to our WIN If you can’t COUNT it, it doesn’t COUNT! 21
San Ramon Valley Education Association Assessment Rubric 1 = Member Leader: Member leader who gets other members and potential members (fair share payers) to take action. 2 = Member Activist: Member who is continuously and actively engaged in association activities but does not necessarily get others to participate. 3 = Inactive Member : Member who is not engaged in association activities but is in good standing. 4 = Undecided Potential (fair share payer) Member: Potential member (fair share payer) who has been asked to join and participate but has not yet chosen to do so. Not hostile; there is room for follow-up and potential to join. 5 = Anti-Association Potential Member (fair share payer): Non-member who has been asked to join or participate, has declined to do so, and is anti-association. 6 = Anti-Association Potential Member (fair share payer) Leader: Non-member who is If you can’t anti-association and leads or is well-respected by other members and potential members. 0 = Unassessed Member or Potential Member (fair share payer): Bargaining unit member who has not had a conversation about joining or participating in association activities. There is insufficient information to provide an accurate assessment. Assessments COUNT it, All members are a “0” as we start to systemically collect this information. When you have a conversation with a member, you can then mark them as a 1, 2, or 3. NOT IT doesn’t Judgments! San Ramon Valley Education Association Assessment Rubric COUNT! 1 = Member Leader: Member leader who gets other members and potential members (fair share payers) to take action. 2 = Member Activist: Member who is continuously and actively engaged in association activities but does not necessarily get others to participate. 3 = Inactive Member : Member who is not engaged in association activities but is in good standing. 4 = Undecided Potential (fair share payer) Member: Potential member (fair share payer) who has been asked to join and participate but has not yet chosen to do so. Not hostile; there is room for follow-up and potential to join. 5 = Anti-Association Potential Member (fair share payer): Non-member who has been asked to join or participate, has declined to do so, and is anti-association. 6 = Anti-Association Potential Member (fair share payer) Leader: Non-member who is anti-association and leads or is well-respected by other members and potential members. 0 = Unassessed Member or Potential Member (fair share payer): Bargaining unit member who has not had a conversation about joining or participating in association activities. There is insufficient information to provide an accurate assessment. All members are a “0” as we start to systemically collect this information. When you have a 22 conversation with a member, you can then mark them as a 1, 2, or 3.
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High Participation What is A PREREQUISITE percentage For POWER of your Powerful, sites are High “1s”? Participation Work Sites 24
GRIEVANCES VIOLATIONS OF CBA Grievance considerations: CBA Grievance Procedure Article An invention of management to weaken Union power. Follow Grievance Article closely Need to include an ORGANIZING including timelines. FOR POWER component if possible. Grievance must be based on What article/provision of our CBA violation of the CBA article in question. gives you the authority to do that? Who gains power in a grievance? 25
Grievances are DEFENSE When to file a GRIEVANCE: Clear violation of the contract Need to establish a paper trail Need to protect grievance timelines Effects only one worker, especially where discipline is involved Worker is widely unpopular Contract interpretation cases where language is clear 26
2 Types of Complaints Complaints Concerning School Uniform Complaint Policy Complaints: Personnel Ethical violations Violations of LAW (State or Federal) Violations so Board Policies or Violation of legal regulations (State or Administrative Regulations Federal) Usually: BP or AR 1312.1a Appeal to CA Department of Education Usually: BP or AR 1312.3a 27
DIRECT ACTION for POWER 4 Reasons to Take Direct Action to Solve Issues at Work Organizing actions with our co-workers helps us win resolution 1. quicker Not every issue at work is a grievance, organizing with our co- 2. workers is the only way to resolve some worksite issues Organizing around our issues builds workers’ power. It builds 3. solidarity and union visibility. It sends a strong message to the boss that our rights must be respected. When we come together as a union, a group of people acting together, we feel better about ourselves, our Union and our jobs. Workers own the issue, take responsibility for solving worksite 4. problems stop 3rd partying of the Union 28
Litigation Violation of LAW • Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA) • Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) www.perb.ca.gov • California Education Code (www.tinyurl.com/ctaedcodeindex) • Other State and Federal Law Employment Related Issues • Call CTA Staff for assessment and possible referral Non-Employment Related Issues Slow and drawn out 29
Tools For Power Scenarios Remember! 1. Success is dependent on HIGH PARTICIPATION & WELL- ORGANIZED SITE. HIGH PARTICIPATION is a PREREQUISTIE for POWER. 2. Members want to solve THE problem. 3. Members solve THE problem through COLLECTIVE ACTION involving a SUPERMAJORITY. 4. POWER concedes NOTHING without a DEMAND. (Douglass) 5. 3 types of POWER we have: ➢ POWER with; POWER to; POWER within 30
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