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Some Union Benefits
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Your Voice in Sacramento - Without a strong, forceful advocate working on your behalf in Sacramento, policymakers would ignore your voice, your expertise, and your practical experiences. CTA employs seven full-time education advocates to track legislation, to testify at committee hearings, and to work to ensure that your professional interests and rights are protected. Five additonal employeses work in the political arena.
In recent years CTA has:
CTA Communication Specialist - work with reporters and editors from the state's newspapers, television, and radio stations to keep the public informed about CTA's positions on major issues.
California Educator and NEA Today - keep you informed about policy decisions, legislation, accomplishments, and trends in education.
Protecting Your Rights - A primary focus of CTA is helping locals like ADTA negotiate good contracts. CTA employs 14 negotiation and organizational specialists. CTA also aligns with 100 UniServ representatives that help members handle grievances and arbitrations. As a member you are automatically covered by NEA's $1Million professional liability policy. CTA employs seven attorneys who stand ready to defend the right of members who are unfairly disciplined or dismissed. District legal action benefit all teachers in a district.. Statewide legal actions can benefit the entire public school system. In additon, CTA's Group Legal Service (GLS) offers you free consultations and discounted fees on almost every kind of personal legal need.
Your Right to be Represented - You have the right ot be represented by the association when: 1) an administrator calls a conference and you believe that you will be subjected to reprimand or disciplinary action. 2) you receive a "does not meet standards" overall evaluation rating. 3) you have a grievance. 4) a meeting has been arranged to resolve a complaint about you-if the complainant is someone other that your designated evaluator, and an administrator is to be present. Important Notice - An employee always has the right to halt any conference already in progress with any administrator, if the conference becomes disciplinary in nature, and may demand postponement for a reasonable amount of time to obtain representation.Contact you association faculty representative.
CTA Death and Dismemberment Benefit - Simply complete a beneficiary registration form. By doing so, you will ensure that your designated beneficiary is registered. For more information or to register a benficiary, please call the CTA Risk Management Dept (650)552-5200 or email member_benefits@cta.org
NEA Dues-Tab insurance - For more information or to register a beneficiary, please call the NEA Member Beneficiary Dept at (800)637-4636
CTA/NEA Employment Liability - $1Million for legal defense costs in civil suits (except civil rights cases) arising out of your educational employment activities. $250,000 coverage in civil rights cases, $35,000 to defend employment related criminal proceedings.
CTA Life Insurance Plan and Disability Insurance- You may apply for CTA Group Life Insurance. For more information or to apply for the CTA Life Insurance , please call UnumProvident at (800)282-4049
Homeowners and Auto Insurance - You may apply for this CTA group program. For more information or a fee quote call A+ Auto and Home Insurance Plus at (800)800-9410
CTA Travel, Entertainment and Purchasing Discounts - Discounts on movie tickets, museums, amusement parks, car purchasess, cruises, hotels, etc.
CTA Scholarship Program - •Scholarship for dependent children $2000. •Scholarship for Members $2000. •L. Gordon Bittle Scholarship$2000 •Martin Luther King Jr Scholarship.
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