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Letters from GPA Leadership

December 2019

September 2019

September 2019

Letter from GPA Leadership in response to November Bargaining

Key points:

  • Actions by some teachers are disheartening and also serve to put the whole GPA community at risk.
  • SDEA salary proposal will put GPA into closure within a few years.
  • "Just Cause" status takes years to process and creates financial hardships.


September 2019

September 2019

September 2019

Letter from GPA Leadership, in response to Bargaining and attempts by SDEA to block the NAACP award and other SDEA lies

July 2019

November 2019

November 2019

Letter from GPA Leadership. About GPA past, present and future.

November 2019

November 2019

November 2019

Letter from GPA Leadership about what articles have been proposed and countered

What Really Happened During Barganing?

Save Our School - We Love GPA

First, only 2 of the Original 8 are still working at GPA, several left after the CBA was signed and they received the $2,000 bonus.  With only 2 left, that's a strong statement the CBA is not what the organizers had hoped.  Their lies are now in the open.  The original demands eventually were mediated to a CBA that is bad for teachers and GPA.  Currently, at GPA there are 27 positions available, the most ever in GPA History.  We parents attribute this directly to the actions of the SDEA.  Over the past 3 years, and to this day the SDEA Representatives at GPA continue to try and silence great teachers, pit teachers and students against their own families, divide the once amazing campus making it a miserable place to be at.  Teachers are constantly filing complaints against other teachers, the SDEA Barganied wages are the lowest in SDUSD, and the Us vs Them mentality has taken over.  During negotiations and in the media our school was degraded to a place unrecognizable to anyone who was here prior to the SDEA.  We as parents feel disheartened by the actions of just a few teachers, who have changed our beautiful school backward, to a place pre-charter to work at.  What the SDEA negotiated is unfathomable, yet they were able to sell it to some teachers that it was a great deal.  Our hope as parents and belief is that teachers signed up for the SDEA to stop the pain that SDEA caused as teachers knew they would have a VOTE to removed SDEA from GPA.  We as parents believe the Educators at GPA are better than what the SDEA has negotiated and deserve much more.  SDEA Failed in negotiating a better working environment, and we hope you will VOTE for No Representation or CARES, to remove SDEA from GPA.

SDEA Contract is BAD for Teacher and GPA

Teachers and Counselors will VOTE to remove SDEA

As part of the settlement agreement, the SDEA UNION agreed to have a Decertification Vote!  That means if Teachers and Staff VOTE for NO Representation the SDEA is OUT and all Teacher and Staff will not have to pay the $1,200 in Union Dues.  (click and read agreement)

Bad Deal for Teachers and Bad Deal for School

The contract keeps 205 working days (9.1), however, puts all the extra learning time for students at the end of the year, thus shortening Winter and Spring Breaks.  This also forced school to start 2 weeks earlier on August 16th.  SDEA Accepted that.  This is a BAD DEAL for EVERYONE.... Yet the SDEA sees it as a WIN???  How?

Under the SDEA contract If teachers leave GPA, some will NOW have to PAY GPA back.....

In the past before the SDEA Contract, if teachers left GPA, they received a final paycheck, now for teachers that opted for a 23 or 24 pay cycle, if they were to leave GPA, they would actually owe money to GPA.... This is a BAD DEAL for Teachers and STAFF  - yet SDEA negotiated it. 

(10.1.6.1 Unit members whose employment with GPA is terminated for any reason

prior to the end of the school year shall repay any salary paid to them by

GPA in excess of their actual earnings within thirty (30) days of their last

day of employment.)

SDEA contract - GPA Teachers are the LOWEST Paid out of all SDUSD schools

SDEA Negotiated a pay scale that is LESS than even the FIRST column of the SDUSD teachers' pay scale (Even with the extra $2,000 the GPA gave each teacher).   Teachers that are on the new SDEA approved pay scale will be making less than a teacher at MTM or LINCOLN, with the same years.  If Teachers have additional education and Years of Experience as new Teachers to GPA, GPA Teachers will be making a lot less.   This is important because if a teacher would like to get paid more, the only sure way is to leave GPA.  Prior to SDEA teachers could and have requested a pay increase.  


The SDEA Contract secures that GPA Teachers are the LOWEST PAID TEACHERS in SDUSD District E Schools, yet GPA is the TOP SCHOOL in District E with the Hardest working Teachers  .....  This is WRONG ---- GPA Teachers deserve better than what the SDEA Negotiated!  Why did they want to keep all the teachers UNDER Paid?

No Flexibility

The SDEA Contract does not provide flexibility for teachers.  Everything is spelled out including a 30-minute lunch.   No Flexibility for the work year.... in the past teachers that needed time off in the summer were allowed to change the work-time to other times in the year.  Now that is not possible.  No flexibility for pay, or increase pay.  No merit pay.  No pay for the experience. No pay for going above and beyond.  The New Salary.... Teachers at GPA are the Lowest Paid in SDUSD District E.

There is HOPE ...... PLEASE Vote SDEA OUT!

Teachers and Counselors will have an opportunity to VOTE THE SDEA OUT in an upcoming Vote.  Select the No Representation or C.A.R.E.S.   Whatever your choice is PLEASE VOTE SDEA OUT of GPA!

Final CBA

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Bargaining History and Updates

The table below shows the contract “articles” that have been proposed by GPA so far in this process. It is important to note that the original demands, made by teachers in November 2018, included 7 targeted areas; which has now become 17 articles SDEA is proposing upon GPA. Although the list has more than doubled since teachers unionized with SDEA/CTA, those bargaining on behalf of GPA are committed to writing proposals that meet the unique needs of our students.

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Bargaining Update

Articles Proposed and/or Countered by GPA (As of nov.)

The table to the left shows the contract “articles” that have been proposed by GPA so far in this process. It is important to note that the original demands, made by teachers in November 2018, included 7 targeted areas; which has now become 17 articles SDEA is proposing upon GPA. Although the list has more than doubled since teachers unionized with SDEA/CTA, those bargaining on behalf of GPA are committed to writing proposals that meet the unique needs of our students.

Bargaining time

GPA offered additional hours (on top of the hours already scheduled) of bargaining time during the already-busy months of November and December. SDEA was still dissatisfied and reminded GPA that GPA we did not find more time to meet with them, the SDEA bargaining team members could request to use valuable teaching time to bargain instead of teaching students.

Articles Table of Contents

Article 1: Recognition

  •  GPA: Recognition
  • SDEA: Recognition

Article 2: Negotiation Procedures

  •  Negotiation Procedures Tentative Agreement (December 2019)

Article 3: Association Rights

  • Association Rights Tentative Agreement (February 2020)
  •  SDEA: Association Rights.  (January 2020)
  •  GPA: Association Rights  (January 2020)

Article 4: Organizational Security

  • SDEA: Organizational Security  (January 2020)
  • GPA:  GPA Leadership Rights (July 2019) 

Article 5: Grievance Procedures

  • SDEA: Grievance Procedures (January 2020)
  • GPA:  Grievance Procedures (July 2019)

Article 6: Discipline and Dismissal

  • SDEA: Discipline and Dismissal (December 2019)

Article 7: Employment Status

  • GPA: Employment Status (February 2020)
  • SDEA: Employment Status (December 2019)

Article 8: Layoff

  • SDEA: Layoff  (March 2020)

Article 9: Hours of Employment

  • GPA: Hours of Employment (February 2020)
  • SDEA: Hours of Employment (December 2019)
  • GPA: GPA Counter (November)
  • SDEA:  SDEA Proposed - 2nd Proposed (November)

Article 10: Wages

  •  GPA: Wages (February 2020)
  •  SDEA: Wages (December 2020)
  • SDEA:  Proposed - 2nd Proposed (November 2019)
  • GPA: GPA Counter (GPA Appendix) (November 2019)

Article 11: Health

  • GPA: Health (December 2019)
  • SDEA: SDEA Proposed 
  • GPA:  GPA Counter (November)

Article 12: Leaves

  •  GPA: Leaves (March 2020)
  •  SDEA: Leaves (January 2020)

Article 13: Evaluation

  • GPA: Evaluation (March 2020)
  • SDEA: Evaluation  (February 2020)
  • GPA: Evaluation (January 2020)
  • GPA: Evaluations (December 2020)

Article 14: Section Size

  •  GPA: Section Size (January 2020)
  •  SDEA: Class Size (December 2020)

Article 15: Safety

  • GPA: Safety (December 2019)

Article 16: Assignability

  •  Assignability  Tentative Agreement (January 2020)

MEMORANDUM of understanding

  • GPA:  Intern Salary  (January 2020)
  • GPA:  Six Period Day (March 2020)
  • GPA:  Summer School (June 2019)

Updated Articles

November 2019

November 2019

November 2019

SDEA Proposed (all or none)

GPA Proposed (GPA Responce Letter)

December 2019

November 2019

November 2019

SDEA:

 The SDEA proposals and counter-proposals: 

Article 2: Negotiation Procedures(Tentative Agreement), 

Article 6: Discipline and Dismissal ( a package with other articles) and Evaluation, 

Article 7: Employment Status, 

Article 9: Hours, 

Article 10: Wages, 

Article 14: Class Size. 

Edits in the counter-proposals are marked in red. 


GPA:

 The Gompers Preparatory Academy Bargaining Team delivered the following proposals and counter-proposals: 

Article 13: Evaluations, 

Article 11: Health, 

Article 15: Safety. 

Edits in the counter-proposals are marked in red 

January 2020

November 2019

February 2020

SDEA:

 The SDEA proposals and counter-proposals: 

Article 4: Organizational Security (Jan 28)

 Article 16: Assignability (TA Signed Jan 28)

Article 16: Assignability(TA), 

Article 5: Grievance Procedures, 

Article 12: Leaves, 

Article 3: Association Rights. 

Edits in the counter-proposals are marked in red. 

 

GPA:

 The Gompers Preparatory Academy Bargaining Team delivered the following proposals and counter-proposals:  

 Article 14: Section Size. 

 Article 13: Evaluation (Jan 28), 

Article 1: Recognition (Jan 28), 

Article 3: Association Rights (Jan 28)

Edits in the counter-proposals are marked in red.


MOU:

SDEA - Intern Salary 

February 2020

February 2020

February 2020

SDEA:

The SDEA proposals and counter-proposals:

Article 13: Evaluation 

Article 3: Association Rights. (TA Signed)​

Edits in the counter-proposals are marked in red. 

 

GPA:

  The Gompers Preparatory Academy Bargaining Team delivered the following proposals and counter-proposals:   

Article 7: Employment Status, 

Article 9: Hours of Employment,

Article 10: Wages. 

Edits in the counter-proposals are marked in red. 

march 2020

February 2020

march 2020

SDEA:

The SDEA proposals and counter-proposals:

  Article 8: Layoff 


GPA:

 The Gompers Preparatory Academy Bargaining Team delivered the following proposals and counter-proposals:   

 Article 12: Leaves, 

Article 13: Evaluation. 


MOU

GPA - Six Period Day

april 2020

February 2020

march 2020

SDEA Proposed

GPA Proposed

Articles Proposed and/or Countered by GPA as of March 2020

Recognition

ASSOCIATION RIGHT/union business

NEGOTIATION PROCEDURE



SDEA Proposed

GPA- Recognition  

NEGOTIATION PROCEDURE

ASSOCIATION RIGHT/union business

NEGOTIATION PROCEDURE

 Negotiation Procedures (Dec. TA)


Past:

SDEA Proposed and GPA Counter 

(marks in red) 

GPA Proposal - Counter by SDEA (marks in red)

ASSOCIATION RIGHT/union business

ASSOCIATION RIGHT/union business

ASSOCIATION RIGHT/union business

 Association Rights. (TA Signed) 


SDEA -  Association Rights  (Jan)

GPA -  Association Rights  (Jan)


Past:

SDEA Proposed and GPA Counter (marks in red)

GPA Proposal and Counter by SDEA (marks in red)

Leadership rights

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (Grievance Procedure)

ASSOCIATION RIGHT/union business

SDEA Counter

GPA Proposed

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (Grievance Procedure)

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (Grievance Procedure)

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (Grievance Procedure)

SDEA -  Grievance Procedures (Jan)


Past:

SDEA Counter

GPA Proposed

Discipline and Dismissal

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (Grievance Procedure)

CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (Grievance Procedure)

SDEA -  Layoff   (March)


 SDEA-Discipline and Dismissal (Dec)

SDEA Proposed - 2nd Proposed (Nov)



EMPLOYMENT STATUS

HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT and work year

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

GPA -  Employment Status (Jan)

SDEA- Employment Status (Dec)


Past:

SDEA Proposed - 2nd Proposed (Nov)


Evaluation

HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT and work year

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

GPA -  Evaluation  (March)

SDEA -  Evaluation  (Feb)

GPA- Evaluation (Jan)

SDEA- Evaluation (Dec)

GPA-  Evaluations (Dec)


Past:

SDEA Proposed and

GPA Counter (marks in red)

GPA Proposed - 2nd Proposed (Nov)

HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT and work year

HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT and work year

HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT and work year

GPA -  Hours of Employment  (Feb)

SDEA- Hours (Dec)


Past:

SDEA Proposed - 2nd Proposed (Nov)

GPA Counter

WAges and salary

Health and Welfare Benefits

HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT and work year

GPA-  Wages  (Feb) 

SDEA- Wages (Dec)


Past:

SDEA Proposed - 2nd Proposed (Nov)

GPA Counter (GPA Appendix)

Health and Welfare Benefits

Health and Welfare Benefits

Health and Welfare Benefits

GPA -  Health (Dec)


Past:

SDEA Proposed

GPA Counter (Nov)

leaves

Health and Welfare Benefits

Health and Welfare Benefits

GPA -  Leaves (March)

SDEA - Leaves (Jan)


Past:

SDEA Proposed

GPA Counter

Special education

safety and student discipline

Class size and Caseload

SDEA Proposed

GPA Counter

Class size and Caseload

safety and student discipline

Class size and Caseload

GPA -  Section Size (Jan)

SDEA -  Class Size  (Dec)


Past:

SDEA Proposed (Nov)

GPA Counter

safety and student discipline

safety and student discipline

safety and student discipline

SDEA Proposed

GPA -  Safety (Dec)

ASSIGNABILITY

Shared Decision-Making

safety and student discipline

 Assignability (TA Signed Jan 28) 

 Assignability(Jan TA ) 


Past:

SDEA Proposed and GPA Counter (marks in red)

GPA Proposal and Counter by SDEA (marks in red)

Shared Decision-Making

Shared Decision-Making

Shared Decision-Making

SDEA Proposed

GPA Counter

Term

Shared Decision-Making

Shared Decision-Making

SDEA Proposed

GPA Counter

January 2019

SDEA Sunshine Proposal

Teacher vote using red dots


    Additional Information

    Bargaining---------

    The truth about collective bargaining: 

    The union, not the teachers and other employees, decides what to propose in negotiations;


    The parties must negotiate in good faith, but there is no time limit on how long it may take to reach agreement, and no requirement that an agreement actually be reached;


    The union may have made many promises (for instance, tenure), but it cannot guarantee any of them will come true.


    SDEA Dues: $1,120 per year ($112 a month for 10 months) , each unit member must pay, unless you opt-out.  Also noted "Unit members that choose to become a member will have the opportunity to vote on whether or not the contract is ratified."  This means if you do not pay SDEA Dues, you will NOT get to vote on the SDEA contract with GPA.  According to the Unions April 26, 2019, Newsletter.  You can, however, Vote NO to the SDEA representing you, and you do not need to be a due payer to do that.


    Recently proposed during the bargaining session, Teacher Salary Scale submitted by the UNION, is for 205 days.  This means, because of the UNION one size fits all mentality, all teachers will be REQUIRED to work 205 days, no summers off.  The teachers that were told they would get their summers off, they were lied to by the GTA. Because of the UNION, we lost all flexibility in our work year agreements, and our individual rights to negotiate summers off.  You can, however, Vote NO to the SDEA representing you, and you do not need to be a due payer to do that.  Get your individual rights back!


    ****Also noted in the proposed Teacher Salary Scale:  1st-year teacher could potentially make more than a 6-year teacher who has been with Gompers Preparatory Academy based solely on educational units.  You read that correctly, a teacher that has been with GPA for 6 years could make less than a 1st-year teacher.  San Diego Education Association is not what teachers want at Gompers Preparatory Academy! SDEA Opt Out Today or VOTE the SDEA Out!


    Risks of Negotiations There is no guarantee a union will obtain higher pay or better benefits. In fact, the union cannot guarantee negotiations will not result in a reduction of wages or benefits.


    The union’s collective bargaining with Gompers Preparatory Academy puts each of us in a position where we are individualy unable to ask for extra income for stellar work.


    SDEA/CTA/NEA value seniority over effectiveness. Thus, as long as the union is negotiating salary schedules on behalf of every teacher at Gompers Preparatory Academy, everyone with the same education and experience will earn the exact same salary.  Without the SDEA/CTA/NEA, you could actually negotiate your own salary and could receive performance-based raises or bonuses.

    Bargaining Events

    11/22/2019

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    11/22/2019

    Bargaining Session

    Update: The SDEA all-or-nothing tactics seems arrogant and unreasonable especially when GPA is doing all they can to respond and create a un...

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    What is Collective Bargaining?

    Additional Information

    Often, workers hear about collective bargaining without fully understanding it. Here it is in a nutshell:

    Collective bargaining is one of the cornerstones of the National Labor Relations Act.

    Simply put, collective bargaining—also called negotiations—is the process where an employer bargains with a union (or other representative) over “wages, hours of work, and other terms and conditions of employement.”

    As written, the National Labor Relations Act Section 8(d) explains collective bargaining as the…

    • Obligation to bargain collectivelyFor the purposes of this section, to bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question arising thereunder, and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party, but such obligation does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession… [Emphasis added.]

    What this means is that, under the law, employers and unions have to bargain and neither party can refuse to bargain. 


    However, it also means that they do not have to agree. 


    There is also no time limit to negotiations. 


    Often, negotiations takes months and, sometimes, even years to reach an agreement–if the parties can agree. 


    Going to work at an already-unionized employer is much different than unionizing a company for the first time and attempting to reach a first-time agreement. 


    Initial, or first-time negotiations often take much longer than , as the entire employment relationship is negotiated, it often takes much longer than negotiations 


    In fact, for newly unionized workers, studies have shown that unions fail to reach to reach agreements nearly 50% of the time.


    • In cases mediated and closed by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in 2003, only 56.5 percent of new bargaining units had achieved a contract within the inaugural year (FMCS 2003 Annual Report.) In his 1987 study, Eisenscher (1999) estimated that 5 years after recognition only 47 percent of workers were able to win second contracts and according to Gordon Pavy of the AFLCIO’s Center for Collective Bargaining, of the 74,309 workers winning bargaining unit representation in 2003, only 37,000 will still be union members in 2008. [Source.]

    Despite this abysmal track record, unions still sell thousands of workers on the idea of unionizing.

    In the end, though, everything workers have (i.e., wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment) gets bargained over.


    As a result, workers can end up with more than they currently, or may end up with less.

    (Source: Truth About Unions)

    Qu

    Can employees lose wages or benefits as a result of collective bargaining?

    ANSWER: Yes.


    Very often, people believe that they cannot lose things (i.e., wages, benefits, or other things) if they are unionized.


    Nothing could be further from the truth.

    Collective bargaining (or negotiations) is a two-way street and, as importantly, it is about leverage.

    Both the National Labor Relations Board, as well as the federal courts, have recognized that employees can win, as well as lose as a result of collective bargaining.


    A union’s only power is to ask the employer for something.


    If the employer says “no,” the union’s leverage is to try to get the employer to change its mind—usually by striking.


    An employer’s leverage, on the other hand, is its ability to outlast the union–often by replacing striking workers.

    what is the difference between a union promise and a union guarantee?

    People often vote to unionize on the belief that, somehow, the union will solve an issue that they have—whether it’s wages, benefits, or even unfair treatment.

    By law, (under NLRB precedent cases) unions can promise to fix whatever it is that employees have trouble with.

    However, the reality is, unions cannot guarantee one single improvement for employees.

    All a union can do is ask. It is up to the employer to decide whether it will agree to the union’s requests.

    The bottom line is: Union promises are not guarantees.

    how long untill an agreement

    Sometimes collective bargaining could take  more then 3 years. Bronfenbrenner studied a representative sample of hundreds of NLRB representation elections conducted between 1999 and 2003 and found that many of the unions that won representation were never able to bargain a first contract.  As shown in the chart, a majority of organized units had no collective bargaining agreement one year after the election. Within two years, more than one-third still had no contract, and by three years that portion was still around 30%. (Source)

    open and transparent! TEACHERS have been asking SDEA Union since November 2018

    SDEA SAID NO!

    The Majority of the teachers and other Unit Members keep voicing their concerns to the SDEA, as the teachers say the SDEA has their own agenda and not what we want.  The SDEA has protected a member of the bargaining team, when this person muted another unit member in-front of other teachers.  The bargaining rep then said some unprofessional words, insulting this teacher, to the dismay of those that witnessed this.  As a group they requested this person be removed as their bargaining rep.  

    Yet another bargaining representative, who is representing the most unit members in the school, has essentially been "Iced out." Not being asked but told by the SDEA it is her job to "Sell" the contract!  She has been kept out of the loop, including when they filed the ULP.  This is Not Acceptable SDEA!  THIS IS A TEACHERS UNION .... Let The Teachers RUN IT!  In solidarity!  

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    The SDEA Agenda

    Strategy: Fear - Intimidation - Isolation - Ignorance

    Strategy: Fear - Intimidation - Isolation - Ignorance

    Strategy: Fear - Intimidation - Isolation - Ignorance

    "The Union" is on a mission to incite FEAR and Intimidate our staff.  Isolation began when "The Union" organizers strategically excluded most of our veteran teachers and staff.  Get educated about "The Union" and their rhetoric.  Stay Informed, read "Standing Up To Goliath." and get on file that you choose to OptOut now, before its to late, and dues are automatically deducted without your consent, SDEA Standing Rule 3.6.

    Standing Up to Goliath

    Anti-Charter legislation

    Strategy: Fear - Intimidation - Isolation - Ignorance

    Strategy: Fear - Intimidation - Isolation - Ignorance

    Anti-Charter movement is Strong in California, headed by the CTA.  "The Union" says, all the legislation is against for-profit companies, yet 97% of California Charter schools are nonprofit.  Only 36 of the states 1,275 charter schools are run by or affiliated with for-profit companies.  "The Union" is directly attacking ALL charter schools with their legislation, while using Union Dues to fund this activity.

    truth in advertising

    political agenda

    Strategy: Fear - Intimidation - Isolation - Ignorance

    "Contract" collective barganing

    The SDEA and CTA spend Millions of Teacher Dues for their own political agendas.  Follow the money where "The Union" spends union dues.  Teachers unions have steadily amped up their political involvement: From 2004 to 2016, their donations grew from $4.3 million to more than $32 million -- an all-time high.

    CTA Political Spending

    "Contract" collective barganing

    Do not wait to OptOut, before its to late...

    "Contract" collective barganing

    The "Contract" is being written by outsiders, San Diego Education Association, coming into Gompers Preparatory Academy saying they Represent "Unit Members" and yet "The Contract" that "The Union" is floating does NOT represent our school, staff and culture.  This Cookie Cutter approach, makes a stand that Gompers Preparatory Academy must Change and be just like other schools, as "The Union" insinuates it is NOT Fair Gompers Preparatory Academy has what it has, it must be equal to other schools.  Ask to see what is being presented by "The Union." Be educated about the misrepresentation of unit members. Science department Unit Members are told they will now be represented by a Union math teacher, yet the Science Department has requested to allow one of thier own department teachers be part of the negotioan..... Demand Transparency......  We do not need to Union to ask for higher wages!  OptOut of the San Diego Education Association before its to late!

    Top secret

    Do not wait to OptOut, before its to late...

    Do not wait to OptOut, before its to late...

    Do not wait to OptOut, before its to late...

    "The Union" will not talk about your rights to OptOut.  "The Union" will say there is nothing to OptOut, confuses unit members into thinking that if they do nothing, all will be fine.  Truth is, "The Union" does not want you to know the truth about your Constitutional rights, thus full transparency has been avoided at all costs, so when the "Contract" is ratified, unit members will be persuaded to sign up, just as they did with the creation of the union and if they haven't Opted Out, they will be automatically enrolled in due deduction, with out Union Member benefits, SDEA Standing Rule 3.6.  Unit members will then be locked into paying $1,200+ in Dues.  The only sure way is to Opt Out Now and have it on file so you are not caught of guard.

    Sample Opt Out Letter

    1 Year Agreements - On Loan

    Do not wait to OptOut, before its to late...

    Do not wait to OptOut, before its to late...

    On March 5, 2019 the San Diego Unified School District approved Gompers Preparatory Academy Charter renewal, however in doing so the SDUSD also altered the Charter agreement for its On Loan Staff, which includes most of Gompers Preparatory Academy Leadership limiting them to one year at a time, thus all can be removed in one year from the date.  "The Union" failed to stand up and support our schools request of allowing the On loan Leadership from the SDUSD to stay beyond one more year.  "The Union" said in a recent  private meeting its only fair since Gompers Preparatory Academy is the only school that has such an agreement.  Our leadership has been here before the Charter, invested in our charters success and still to this day continues to change our community for the better.  "The Union" has put a dark cloud over our school and continues to try and destroy what is working.  Stay Educated and keep demanding transparency. Opt Out Now.

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