The Tools You Can Use NEA Collective Bargaining

The Tools You Can Use NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy (CBMA) Center for Advocacy and Outreach December 4, 2014

Agenda 1) NEA Collective Bargaining and Compensation Team 2) Health Care Benefits 3) Retirement Security 4) Collective Bargaining 5) Advocacy Sites 6) Future Webinars NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 2

NEA CBMA Tools Collective Bargaining and Compensation Team • Provides advocacy and technical support to affiliates on collective bargaining, compensation, health care, and pension issues • Provides support and expertise to other NEA departments and partners • Advocates for regulations and policies supporting employee rights and a student-centered agenda NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 3

NEA CBMA Tools NEA’s Health Care Reform Website • Password-protected site for NEA leaders and staff • Affordable Care Act (ACA) orientation and detailed analyses of the law • Strategies for working on reform issues • Help in teaching about the law • Tools for bargainers, organizers, and others www. NEAHealth. Care. Reform. org NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 7

NEA CBMA Tools Retirement Security • Assists affiliates in defending defined benefit public pension plans • Provides technical assistance to member trustees and affiliates on pension issues • Maintains Listserves of member trustees and network of state affiliate staff working on pension issues NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 9

NEA CBMA Tools Retirement Security • Provides Social Security policy analysis and technical assistance • Collaborates with other NEA departments on retirement issues • Coordinates advocacy work with other unions NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 10

NEA CBMA Tools Retirement Security • NEA partners with allies that promote retirement security including: – National Public Pension Coalition – Trustee Leadership Forum for Retirement Security (at Harvard University) – Council of Institutional Investors – National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) – Center for Economic and Policy Research – Economic Policy Institute NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 11

NEA CBMA Tools Collective Bargaining • NEA launched a new Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy website for online bargaining assistance. www. neacollectivebargaining. org • Now you only need one login for the NEA Collective Bargaining Laws Manual and the NEA Model Language database NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 14

NEA CBMA Tools Collective Bargaining www. neacollectivebargaining. org • Features: q. Compatibility with all web browsers and mobile devices q. Ability to highlight, copy and paste text from scanned files q. Easily changeable account information and password NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 15

NEA CBMA Tools Collective Bargaining • Offers model and actual contract language • Compiles and compares state collective bargaining laws • Provides training and resources on selected bargaining topics and styles • Tracks and analyzes innovative contract provisions and education practices such as: peer review, common core and evaluation. NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 16

NEA CBMA Tools Bargaining Non-Traditional Issues • New CBMA Student Centered Advocacy Toolkit (draft) • Non-traditional issues and non-traditional approaches • Organizing your members and the community • Training on innovative bargaining techniques NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 19

NEA CBMA Tools Compensation and Salary Resources for Affiliates q. CBMA collects teacher salary data annually from all 50 affiliates (and the District of Columbia and the Federal Education Association). q Data from 2007 -2008 to present. q At the end of the calendar year, we send a snapshot of collected salary data back to affiliates. q More can be found within NEA’s Research Data Mine: https: //rdm. nea. org NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 21

NEA CBMA Tools Exposing the Right: National information on what the right is doing to workers and union rights: http: //stinktanks. org/national/ q A national map you can click to see what is going on in each state http: //stinktanks. org/wheres-it-going/ q ALEC exposed—collective bargaining model language http: //alecexposed. com/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Ri ghts q ALEC Employee Reform Rights Act model language http: //alecexposed. org/w/images/2/27/1 R 0 Employee_Rights_Reform_Act_Exposed. pdf NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 24

NEA CBMA Tools NEA Advocacy Sites: q Edvotes. org http: //educationvotes. nea. org q NEA Great Public Schools Network (GPS) http: //www. gpsnetwork. org/ q NEA Health Information Network http: //www. neahin. org/ NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 26

NEA Associations • National Association of Bargaining Professionals (NABP) – Mike Mc. Nett, President (Washington) – mmcnett@washingtonea. org • State Education Research Staff Association (SERSA) – Jon Studer, President (Iowa) – jstuder@isea. org • Membership open to all NEA and Affiliate staff who support or engage in collective bargaining or research • Encourages collaboration between the national and state affiliates • Annual conference NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 27

NEA CBMA Tools You Can Use – collectivebargaining@nea. org Carolyn York, Director, Collective Bargaining and Member Advocacy Dale Templeton, Manager, Collective Bargaining and Compensation Health Care – Paulissa Earl, pearl@nea. org (Western Region + HI, NV) – Tim Barchak, tbarchak@nea. org (Southeast and West Regions) – Charles Holmes, cholmes@nea. org (Midwest Region +, OR, AK) – Carol Malone, cmalone@nea. org (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Regions) – – Joel Solomon, jsolomon@nea. org (Northeast and Pacific Regions) Andy Jewell, ajewell@nea. org (Northeast + ID – Marcy Magid, mmagid@nea. org (Southeast Region + CA) – David Schlein, dschlein@nea. org (Mid-Atlantic Region + MT, WA) Pensions – Ed Hurley, ehurley@nea. org (CO, GA, IA, KS, LA, ME, MO, NV, PA, OR, SD, TX, WA, WY) – Dan Doonan, ddoonan@nea. org ( AZ, CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, KY, MI, MS, MT, NE, NH, NJ, OH, OK, WI, WV) NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 28

Future CBMA Webinar • Topics 2014 State Election Update and Forecast for Public Pensions- Dec. 9 at 4 pm • Student-Centered Agenda • Others? NEA Collective Bargaining & Member Advocacy 29