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Missouri NEA
Kari Estes,
UniServ Director
Who are We?
Local
State
National
Education Professionals
– Teachers, Students, Retired,
Support Staff, College
Professors
What do we do?
Professional Organization
Union
Advocates
A teacher’s working conditions are a
student’s learning conditions.
Where are we located?
Affiliates in all 50
states
Puerto Rico
Military bases abroad
Missouri NEA has 6
offices
When did we begin?
NEA founded in 1857 by 43 teachers (was first called the
NTA)
1870 NTA name changed to NEA
Missouri was one of the founding states of the NEA called the MSTA
1970 creation of the NEA UniServ Program
1972 MSTA rejected unification and passed a constitutional
amendment that disaffiliated any MSTA local that required
unified membership
1973 NEA disaffilates the MSTA and the Missouri NEA is
created by a handful of teachers from about a dozen school
districts
Why do we exist?
Our Mission: Uniting and
empowering public education
advocates to shape the future of
education
MNEA Core Values
– Public Education and Students
– Member Driven Organization
– Member Advocacy
A teacher’s working conditions are
a student’s learning conditions.
The Benefits of Membership
Professional Growth
Advocacy Organization
Legal Services
Economic Advantages
National Association
National Association
http://www.nea.org/index.html
National issues
– ESEA aka NCLB
– IDEA
– Social Security
– Vouchers
– Tenure
– Merit Pay
Professional Growth
www.mnea.org
Classrooms and Kids
Teaching and Learning
NEA Grants
Read Across America
Conferences
Networking
Member’s Only Site
http://www.memberweb.com/memberweb
2K1/main2K1.asp
Economic advantages
Leaders Updates
Tools you can use
Legal Services
Professional staff assistance
EEL Program
– $4 million in liability coverage
– Civil suits
– Criminal charges
ULSP Program
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Division of Family Services
Probationary teacher non-renewal
Tenure teacher contract termination
Other contract or legal issues
Attorney Referral Program
Advocacy Organization
Legislative
– http://www.mnea.org/capitol/
– http://www.nea.org/lac/highered/index.html
Political Action
– No dues dollars are used for political
contributions! Separate, Additional, Voluntary
– Candidate screening based on education issues
only
Locally
The Independence Decision
1945 - Missouri Constitution
– “That employees shall have the right to
organize and to bargain collectively through
representatives of their own choosing." Article
1, Section 29
1947 - Springfield v Clouse
– Excludes public employees
1965 - 105.500
– Meet and confer
1982 - Sumpter v Moberly
– Meet and confer not binding
The Independence Decision
Public employees have right to bargain
Don’t have to agree, if they do, binding contract
Strikes still illegal
Bargaining Framework
– Created by Legislature
– By Districts
Inherent in CB
– Exclusive, elected representative
– Good faith
– Duty of fair representation
STATUS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Bargaining Laws K-12 Teachers
*
Bargaining Law In NM Was Not Renewed In 1999
No Bargaining Law But Limited Bargaining Takes Place
No Bargaining Law
AK
MT
WA
ND
VT
NH
MN
OR
ID
ME
WI
SD
MA
WY
MI
NE
IL
NV
UT
NY
IN
PA
OH
CT
CO
KS
WV
MO
CA
KY
AZ
RI
IA
OK
NM*
MS
TX
VA
TN
AR
AL
NJ
NC
GA
DE
MD
SC
LA
HI
FL
NEA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MEMBER ADVOCACY (AS OF APRIL 2003)
PR
STATUS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS
Bargaining Law Covering Education Support Professionals
No Bargaining Law
AK
MT
WA
ND
VT
NH
MN
OR
ID
ME
WI
SD
MA
WY
MI
NE
IL
NV
UT
NY
IN
PA
OH
CT
CO
KS
WV
MO
CA
KY
AZ
RI
IA
OK
NM
MS
TX
VA
TN
AR
AL
NJ
NC
GA
DE
MD
SC
LA
HI
FL
NEA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MEMBER ADVOCACY (AS OF APRIL 2003)
PR
Collective Bargaining
Meet and Confer
Bargain
Public education employees and board
members discuss problems. The
school board unilaterally makes
decisions.
The two parties arrive at mutually
agreeable solutions in an enforceable
written agreement.
When differences exist, the board makes
the final decision.
A neutral third party assists in resolving
differences.
The board may meet with as many
employee groups as it wishes, pitting
one group against another.
Employees speak with one voice, a
representative they’ve elected.
Results are recommendations for the
Board of Education to change their
policies.
Results are complied in a separate
binding agreement ratified by both
the teachers and Board.
What’s the Difference?
MSTA filed a “friend of the court” brief jointly with the
Missouri Council of School Administrators before the
Missouri Supreme Court opposing the collective
bargaining rights of teachers and other public school
personnel.
MSTA does not have the funding or the resources to give
proper representation to members.
http://www.mnea.org/news/Ind_Supreme
Court.htm
MSTA’s Brief
Teachers and school employees might try to
negotiate about…
Before/after school programs (p
20)
Lunch duty (p. 21)
After school meetings (p. 21)
Class sizes (p. 35)
Textbook selection (p. 35)
Retirement plans (p. 35)
Definition of instructional time
(p. 35)
Extracurricular activities (p. 35)
Calendar/schedule changes (p.
35)
Length of school days (p. 35)
Professional development
planning (p. 35)
Professional and non-certified
employee evaluations (p. 35)
The Differences are Important
MSTA believes that allowing the experts (you!)
that work in our schools to bargain on these
subjects would mean that “…the focus will move
from acting in the best interest of students…”
(p. 36).
By contrast, Missouri NEA believes in the
judgment and commitment of the experts (you!)
that work in our schools. These experts are
exactly the right people to keep the focus on
what is best for students.
What do you think?
If you believe that the experts (you the
teachers) need to have a legitimate voice
in decision-making,
If you believe that having a binding
contract is a right of professionals,
Then, collective bargaining is the process by
which these experts have shared decisionmaking with the local school board on local
issues.
Which Would you Choose?
Which Association can better work with
teachers to bargain and advocate for a fair
workplace?
– The Association that fought to get those rights and has believed
in them all along? The association who has representatives right
there with you when you need them in a meeting?
OR
– The Association that never believed in bargaining and fought to
keep those rights from teachers? The Association that says,
“I’m sorry, there is nothing we can do.”