CAUSE ADVISORY
UNION MEMBER ENROLLMENT
Now is the time !
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ONLINE ENROLLMENT:
As requested, we are sharing the online enrollment form to confirm Union membership.
You can ENROLL here:
https://connect.aft.org/app/memberforms/02216/join
[You may disregard the COPE information; CAUSE does not have a COPE fund.]
WHY ENROLL ? :
As we shared at yesterday’s 2025 New Hire Orientation, even if new employees focus on nothing more than the financial benefits that come with joining the Union, your dues investment is paid back exponentially.
For example, when CUSD offered 0% to1% salary increases with additional healthcare cuts & caps, the Union secured the following increases…
Dues Values Are an Investment – Compensation & Benefits
And here are examples of those % increases in REAL$$$ DOLLARS [i.e. before the healthcare increases or bonus/es are even added ] :
CERTIFICATED:
Teachers, Counselors, Speech & Language Specialists etc. ..
CERTIFICATED -RAW SALARY INCREASES – since 2023
CLASSIFIED:
Support Staff, Custodians, FoodService, Maintenance, Instructional Aides,
Clerical, Grounds, Campus Safety Specialists, etc.
CLASSIFIED -RAW SALARY INCREASES – since 2023
And that doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of the other benefits that come with Union membership. Here are just a few:
* Improved working conditions, improved workplace safety
* Defend employees from wrongful termination or discipline
* Defend free-speech rights ; the right to communicate publicly, respectfully, and transparently on professional matters
* Defend your “professional workday,” which is defined by your duties not a “time-clock”
* Free legal services associated with contract enforcement; file contractual grievances, pursue mediations & arbitrations, submit “Unfair Labor Practice Compaints”, and pursue legal action in both State Superior and Labor Courts.
* Ensure full access to local, State, and Federal LEAVE policies
* Maintenance of professional standards and reasonable work expectations
MOVING FORWARD:
Please enroll now, feel free to ask us any questions, and join us at our upcoming…
GENERAL MEETING – Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025 @ CHS ( 3:45PM )
Let’s start the year organized and moving forward, together!
~ CAUSE Leadership
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