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NEGOTIATIONS 2010-2011

NEGOTIATIONS 2010-2011. Star Orullian, GEA Director, Spokesperson Carl Sundell, GEA Board Member - Teacher Susen Zobel, GEA Board Member - Teacher Kathy Caldwell, GEA Board Member - Teacher Paul Salin, GEA Board Member - Teacher. Big GEA wins – What we stopped from happening.

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NEGOTIATIONS 2010-2011

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  1. NEGOTIATIONS 2010-2011 Star Orullian, GEA Director, Spokesperson Carl Sundell, GEA Board Member - Teacher Susen Zobel, GEA Board Member - Teacher Kathy Caldwell, GEA Board Member - Teacher Paul Salin, GEA Board Member - Teacher

  2. Big GEA wins – What we stopped from happening. • We protected and stopped class size increases! • We protected jobs! • We protected your retirement benefits! • We protected prep periods for all secondary teachers! • We protected your GSD retirement benefits! • We protected your salary schedule! No loss of days! • We protected your steps and lanes! • The five (5) percent employee and 20 percent spouse contribution rates related to health insurance were adjusted and recalibrated rather than increased.

  3. Did you know… NOTE: Did you know your early retirement benefit that GEA negotiated for you, and continues to protect, is worth more money than 30 years of GEA dues? It is actually five (5) to seven (7) times as much.

  4. 2009-2010 Salary Step one, lane one $33,004 Step twenty, Master’s + 40 $63,405 2010-2011 Salary Step one, lane one $33,004 Step twenty, Master’s + 40 $63,405 Show Me the Money

  5. GOOD NEWS • Steps and Lanes fully funded. (cost of $1.8 million). • A number of other districts have had steps and lanes frozen for next year. That money is never recovered!

  6. STEPS AND LANES • Question - Why are Steps and Lanes a Core Value of the NEA-UEA-GEA? • Answer - Because of the Life Time Earning implications. Below is an example.

  7. INSURANCE • GSD had a 12.6 percentinsurance increase. • To cover the 12.6 percent increase, we made changes within the insurance programs to cover the increases. • This cost GSD employees $6.7 million

  8. INSURANCE • Changes in prescription co-pays: • This year ……………$10-$25-$45 • New change beginning Jan 2011 • $10 for generic • $30 for formulary (preferred list) • $60 for non-formulary • You can flex spend these increases. • This change saved us $522,300 • The 5 percent employee and 20 percent spouse contribution rates were recalculated.

  9. INSURANCE • Change in Co-Insurance payments: • This year it was: • 85% In Network • 65% Out of Network • New change beginning Jan 2011 • 80% In Network • 60% Out of Network • You can flex spend this increase • This change saved us $482,400

  10. INSURANCE • Deductible: • This year it was: • $500 deductible in network • (family maximum = amount x 3) • $800 deductible out of network • (family maximum = amount x 3) • New change beginning Jan 2011: • $750 deductible in network • (family maximum = amount x 3) • $1,300 deductible out of network • (family maximum = amount x 3) • This change saved $4,435,300

  11. INSURANCE • Out-of-pocket maximum: • This year it was: • $1,000 for single • $2,000 for employee + one • $2,500 for employee + two or more • New change beginning Jan 2011: • $1,500 for single • $2,500 for employee + one • $3,500 for employee + two or more • This change saved us $203,900

  12. INSURANCE – Office Visits co-pays • This year it was: • HMOs • $15 for general practitioner • $15 for specialist and urgent care • PPOs • $20 for general practitioner • $20 for specialist and urgent care • New change beginning Jan 2011: • HMOs (Select Med. And Health Wise) • $20 for general practitioner • $30 for specialist and urgent care • PPOs (Med. Plus and Blue Choices Health Wise) • $25 for general practitioner • $35 for specialist and urgent care • This change saved us $1,412,700

  13. INSURANCE COSTS • Prescription co-pays $ 522,300 • Change in Co-Insurance $ 482,400 • Deductible: $4,435,300 • Office Visits co-pays $1,412,700 • Out-of-pocket maximum $ 203,900 • TOTAL $7,056,600 minus • All plans to age 26$280,600 • TOTAL $6,776,000

  14. INSURANCE – Medical Reform Changes • Adjust all plans to age 26 for dependents • This change costus $280,600 • No Lifetime limits – January 1, 2011 • Flex Spending medical maximum will only be $2,500 effective Jan. 1, 2011

  15. INSURANCE NOTES… • The way to avoid insurance increases, or minimize insurance changes to the benefit plans, is to reduce costs by being a wise a consumer of services. • Insurance is a bottomless black hole of employee money. It is money that would go to your paycheck if we didn’t have to continue to fund insurance increases. • BE A WISE Consumer (e.g. use generics whenever possible, ER is for emergencies, not something that can wait until morning).

  16. We negotiated for you… • Opening Faculty Meeting 2010-2011 School Year – Options for Building Committees Option 1Prepare a schedule of faculty meetings for the school year and schedule the opening faculty meeting on the first late-in or early-out day. Option 2Prepare a schedule of faculty meetings for the school year and schedule the opening faculty meeting. A faculty meeting may be scheduled on the other half of the teacher work day prior to the start of school – however, other faculty meetings would then be canceled accordingly.

  17. We negotiated for you… • Protection of the 1.5 days before students come as planning and preparation time. • If the Principal wants to hold a faculty meeting before students come, NOT DURING THE 1.5 days, the building committee must meet and agree as to how that will happen. • Beginning of the year faculty meetings can be held on the first early out or late start day of the year or… • Teachers could stay the second half of the half day for beginning of the year faculty meeting, and then faculty meetings in Sept would be canceled based on the amount of time spent.

  18. We negotiated for you… • For Example: • Star gets her building committee together and we decide to hold a faculty meeting on August 19 for 3 hours. • Teachers work in the classrooms all day on Wed. Aug.18. Teachers come back and work in the classrooms Thurs morning the Aug.19 as well. Then in the afternoon on Aug.19 the faculty meets for faculty meeting. Since this is not contract time, the principal will have to forgo three (3) hours of faculty meeting in September. • This will be a straight hour to hour exchange.

  19. We negotiated for you…Wilson • Dedicated parking space for the faculty at Wilson Elemetary to include a loading zone.

  20. Other items we took to the table: • Elementary Planning Time • Elementary Collaboration Time • Additional Personal Leave Day • Our anger toward how Teacher Specialists at the District Office are being treated. • Two Additional bereavement days.

  21. New this year. • Elementary Planning Time: • Planning time was approved, after GEA pushed the Administration and the Board for immediate implementation. • The counter-plan from the District has created some fundamental problems (e.g. many STS personnel only work two days a week at any one school). • GEA and the District will continue efforts to perfect the process. In the interim, we will deal with issues on a case-by-case basis.

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