WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT THE UNION?
WITH UNION
- Contracted work hours and days
- Faculty voice/vote in Contract Waivers
- Duty Free lunch
- Protected planning time of 150 minutes
- Voluntary participation for activities outside contracted work day
- Established grievance process
- Grading flexibility by teacher within School Grading Policy
- Six Personal Leave days
- Sick Leave bank
- Leave of absence/return to same status without break in service
- Paid holidays
- Terminal leave pay Collective Bargaining
- Free Health Insurance plan option
- Representation/job defense
- “Front End” legal representation
- Free fingerprinting
- Elect Rx for prescription drugs (No/low cost 90 day prescriptions)
- Care Here Wellness centers (run through Insurance Committee)
- Water on busses for drivers
- Salary increases
WITHOUT UNION
- May be forced to work longer hours and days
- Special Programs/schedules forced on employees
- Eat while supervising students w/o free time
- No Protected planning time
- Activities may be required
- No grievance process/employee at the grace of employer
- May be forced to follow specific grading plan
- Limited/no leave
- No opportunity for extra days for sick leave
- No status protection
- Limited/no paid holidays at employer’s whim
- No terminal leave
- Imposed language, programs and processes by employer
- Required employee contribution for health plans
- Self-representation
- No legal representation unless hired by employee
- Employee pays fees
- Limited/no prescription benefits, or employee contribution
- No wellness programs
- Restrictions at whim of employer
- Salaries set by employer/not negotiated
