Our Rights on the Job

Thanks to years of strong union advocacy, California educators have certain rights guaranteed by law on the job. 

The rights of working people are constantly under attack. 只有通过我们强大的集体力量，我们才能维护和加强我们的权利.

FAQs for Leaders and Members: Filing a Cal/OSHA Complaint

资源聚焦:加州公平就业和住房委员会部门

Posters, Guides, and Fact Sheets 

DFEH为工地和其他地区提供大量海报，帮助公众了解他们的工作权利. 有关移民权利和家庭权利的海报以12种语言提供.

Weingarten Rights: Your Right to Union Representation  

“如果一名员工有合理的信念，认为他或她说的话可能导致纪律或其他不良后果, the employee has the right to request union representation. 当雇员要求工会代表在场时，管理层有三个选择:

1. it can stop questioning until the representation arrives.
2. it can call off the interview or,
3. 它可以告诉员工，它将取消面试，除非员工自愿放弃他/她的权利，工会代表(一个选项，员工应该永远拒绝).”

SCOTUS Decision, NLRB v. Weingarten

"如果这次讨论能以任何方式导致我被处分或解雇, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my union representative be present.”

Best Practices 

Keep accurate and on-going records of student discipline.

Take and keep notes of all parent and administrator meetings.

Be cautious with what you post or share on social media.

Your Union Contract – As Vital As Your Lesson Planner

How it Works

At least once every few years, 你当地的工会和你的学区坐下来谈判在该学区工作的条款. CTA has more than 1,300 chapters across the state, 每一章的教育工作者都签订了一份合同，为谈判单位的所有成员——教师——定义问题, librarians, counselors, and all certificated staff. 教育工作者和管理人员平等地坐在谈判桌上，双方都以最初的建议开始谈判.

Once a union contract settlement is reached, it must be ratified by a majority vote of a chapter’s members, and then by the school board. When the contract expires, the process begins again. If a state mediator cannot help break any bargaining impasse that occurs, 一份来自中立的事实发现者的不具约束力的报告无法解决危机, only then can teachers strike.

Not everything is negotiable. 在合法谈判范围内的关键工作问题包括薪酬, hours of work, safety matters, class size, evaluation and disciplinary procedures, health care, access to personnel files, preparation time, seniority, transfer rights, a grievance procedure with binding arbitration to settle major disputes, discrimination, job assignments, and early retirement.

不属于讨价还价范围的问题包括一个地区的人员配备需求, the district budget process, matters affecting employees outside the bargaining unit, the timing of layoffs, an advisory committee formed by the employer, and access to information unrelated to union representation.

A Little History 

On Sept. 22, 1975, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed CTA-sponsored Senate Bill 160 by state Sen. Al Rodda, known as the Educational Employment Relations Act or the Rodda Act, to give California public school teachers collective bargaining rights. 这项立法设立了一个行政机构，即公共就业关系委员会(PERB)。.

How We Enforce Our Contracts 

关于劳动法的争议可以通过向PERB提出“不公平劳动行为”的指控来解决. 对劳动合同条款的争议可以通过向校区提出申诉来解决. Our collective power fuels both of these enforcements. Strong local chapters have strong contracts!

Bottom Line

Our right to collective bargaining levels the playing field.