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Desertification Vote March/April 2023
WHAT IS A DECERTIFICATION PETITION?
A decertification petition is a vehicle whereby a group of employees in an established bargaining unit or an employee organization may bring about an election that allows employees to vote to either remove or replace their incumbent “exclusive representative.” (The “exclusive representative” is the employee organization that has been recognized or certified to represent the employees in the bargaining unit in their employment relations with the employer.)
THE OBJECTIVE OF A DECERTIFICATION PETITION
To terminate the union’s right to represent you and your fellow employees. This procedure provides you with full relief by taking away the union’s authority to act as your bargaining representative. If you are a part of the employee union that is covered under a collective bargaining agreement (whether you are a union member or not) you can still sign a petition and participate in the decertification vote. Once the union is removed as your legal bargaining representative you no longer have to join the union or pay dues or fees to it.
The SDEA Contract is Valid until June 30, 2023.
Decertification Petition Must be filed between March 30th, 2023, and April 30th, 2023, and contain 30% of the signature of eligible voters. The petition containing signatures of more than enough employees at Gompers Preparatory Academy will trigger a secret ballot election. The signature allows for a VOTE.
After the election trigger, In a few days, unit members will receive a letter from PERB letting them know of the process, and soon after a secret ballot that will give you three options. One NO Representation (do not keep the SDEA as the exclusive representative), the Second is SDEA (Yes keep the SDEA), the Third is CARES (allow CARES to be the new Union for exclusive representation). We the parents, community members, and teachers of Gompers Preparatory Academy are asking you to vote NO Representation or CARES, thereby removing SDEA from GPA.
Next Steps:
1. Hold a secret ballot election. PERB then sets up a secret ballot election in response to the petition document. PERB will determine the appropriate group of people to vote in the election—a determination that unions and employers sometimes dispute, which can lead to delays in holding the election.
2. Act in response to the results of the election. If 50% or more of the unit members vote against union representation, the SDEA will no longer have representation rights and the employees will once again be able to deal directly with the Leadership on issues related to pay, benefits, and working conditions.
Back in 2018- Now Only 2 remaining
GTA/SDEA support is waning- A DROP OF 66% since their inception
- GTA/SDEA support is waning- A DROP OF 66% since their inception In 2018/19 they had approx 60+ teachers in support of unionizing with SDEA, then in 2021 ONLY 21 voted for SDEA.
- Gompers Teacher Association has lost most of its support, only 2 or the original 8 are left of the original group. Why is this? Because the SDEA can not solve their challenges in life. SDEA only bargains Wages, Hours, and other terms and Conditions of Employment
- SDEA/GTA can NOT Bargain JOY and Happyness! JOY and HAPPYNESS was part of the GPA Family before SDEA, and now because of SDEA, it is gone. BUT HOW? JOY and HAPPYNESS is not a requirement at a place of employment, it exists because of the people that work there. JOY is NOT BARGAINABLE, Happyness comes within.
- in 2018 when GTA lied and brought division into the Family, that is when the JOY started to fade. GTA is the reason for the lack of JOY. GTA is the reason for DIVISION at GPA. GTA MUST GO for JOY to return to GPA.
- GTA has only made it WORSE to be a staff, teacher, student, and family at GPA. Teachers and Staff can still fix this and VOTE SDEA Out in 2022.
- Parents called teachers and asked: "Why did you support SDEA," most said they do not like them, but did not want to lose the extra pay. We asked "It's better or worse since you have an SDEA contract," All said it was worse teaching at GPA now, but the pay is better.
- Parents know GPA will be a much happier place to work without SDEA. Almost all of the original supporting teachers and organizers are now gone, it's time to vote SDEA Out in 2022.
Parents, Teachers, and Community members protest the SDEA for trying to block a vote in 2019
Decertification Vote - What you Need to Know
PAST Description of the Balloting (2021 Process) - might change for 2022 Vote:
All eligible voters shall vote by mailed ballot. On September 8, 2021, PERB will mail a ballot to the home address of each eligible voter. Along with the ballot, the eligible voter will also receive a Secret Ballot Envelope, a postage-paid return envelope addressed to PERB, and instructions for casting the ballot. Ballots must be received by PERB not later than October 4, 2021, in order to be counted in the official tally of ballots.
Employees will be informed by the Notices of Election that if they believe they are eligible to vote in the election and they do not receive a ballot by September 22, 2021, they may contact PERB and request a duplicate ballot. PERB will accept employee requests for duplicate ballots on September 22, 2021 only. Requests may be made only by telephone and between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; the telephone number will be displayed on the Notices of Election. PERB will accept collect calls for this purpose. PERB will accept a request for a ballot only from the voter himself/herself.
Date, Time and Location of Counting of Ballots:
Beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at the Public Employment Relations Board, 425 W. Broadway, Suite 400, Glendale, CA 91204.
Wording on Ballot.
The choices on the ballot shall appear in the wording and order
enumerated below.
- FIRST: No Representation
- SECOND: SDEA (San Diego Education Association/CTA/NEA)
- THIRD: CARES (Coalition of Adults Responsive to Every Student)
Majority support decertification VOTE
The majority support a VOTE, as this is the only honest way to go forward.
The Vote will happen from September 8th - October 4th, by Secret Mail-in Ballot.
Teachers were never given a vote when the SDEA took over, and have been waiting for this vote since the beginning.
The majority support the Vote as this is the only HONEST way to move forward. The Teachers Association mislead unit members in singing over their rights to the SDEA and had no idea what to do. The SDEA created the Union Control on lies from the beginning did not have the support when the teachers found out about the UNION.
SDEA We do NOT Accept YOU the way you are!!! SDEA We do NOT Support YOU the way you are!!! WE WILL NOT PAY ANY UNION DUES TO YOU!!!! This relationship has to START OVER, and base it on TRUST and HONESTY! We the Teachers from Gompers Preparatory Academy have waited almost 3 years, and now we will have our Vote!
Desertification Update 2019
Teachers RECEIVE notice from PERB
School RECEIVES 2nd letter from Lorena Gonzalez
School RECEIVES 2nd letter from Lorena Gonzalez
The good news: Teachers received notice from PERB their desertification petition was "timely filed" and "sufficient" number of signatures, allowing a vote. However...
The Bad News: The SDEA/CTA/NEA filed an amendment to their Unfair Labor charges and asked that the desertification petition be dismissed without a vote!
School RECEIVES 2nd letter from Lorena Gonzalez
School RECEIVES 2nd letter from Lorena Gonzalez
School RECEIVES 2nd letter from Lorena Gonzalez
"It takes a special kind of politician to attempt to take away the new rights of countless workers " as Lorena Gonzalez recently said in an interview, and she is that politician!
Lorena Gonzalez expressed her concerns again, as she recently found out that teachers are not happy with the SDEA/CTA and sought assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation to file for a desertification vote. She further accused the National Right to Work Foundation of being an organization that "disenfranchised workers." Lorena..... The teachers and unit members at GPA never had a vote. For you use Assembly letter head to continually badger our school is unprofessional. Where is your letter supporting the teachers and unit members that want a vote?
7/8/2020 SDEA/CTA/NEA - FILE 2nd appeal TO BLOCK the teachers freedom to VOTE
The SDEA/CTA/NEA filed a second appeal with PERB to have the desertification petition dismissed. The union is trying to stop teachers and unit members choice to have a union or not by attempting to block the election.
SDEA/CTA/NEA - file to block vote
The SDEA/CTA/NEA filed with PERB to have the desertification petition dismissed. The union is trying to stop teachers and unit members choice to have a union or not by attempting to block the election.
Teachers, parents and community members upset, protested at the SDEA headquarters and the San Diego Unified School District office, for trying to block the vote.
Gompers Preparatory Academy Teacher Submits Petition for Vote to Remove SDEA Union from School
The petition contains signatures of more than enough employees at charter school to trigger a secret-ballot election to oust teacher union imposed through unreliable “card check” drive
San Diego, CA (January 8, 2020) – A group of employees at Gompers Preparatory Academy (GPA), .....
Did you know this was to create a SDEA Teachers Union?
Not all teachers at Gompers Preparatory Academy knew what was happening. Many found out after months of backdoor meetings among eight teachers with Union representatives. Many thought they were signing a document to support our school and teachers, NOT a union document. To our knowledge, the Teacher Union was not mentioned to anyone. For 3 months the 9 outsiders lied to us about creating a Union!