DCTA History
DCTA made it more clear for educators to know where they would be placed on the salary schedule during the YEAR strike.
What is 2019?
You don't need a union here because we are a ____!
What is family?
A duty free 45 minute break.
What is Lunch?
This organizing tool helps workers know workers' issues and values.
What is an intentional one-on-one?
The Colorado Governor who has been unfriendly to labor.
Who is Jared Polis?
DCTA won duty free lunch and self directed planning time during this strike (YEAR).
What is 1994?
The organizer taps into righteous anger about workplace injustices while the boss relies on ____
What is fear?
My co-workers and I have a say in our school's schedule, discipline plan, the design of the 40 hour work week, and more.
What is the School Leadership Committee?
An ____ is widely felt, deeply felt, is winnable, and builds the union and builds leaders.
What is an issue?
_____ can be declared by DPS or DCTA because a party has stopped bargaining in good faith and / or can't reach and agreement.
What is impasse?
DCTA was founded in 1923. DCTA was the first union to have a contract West of the _______ in 1969.
What is the Mississippi River?
The organizer identifies common ground and builds relationships while the boss relies on _____.
What is division?
SSP's and SPED educators non-teaching duty time will solely be used for implementing the _____.
What is the IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
What is a building map?
This historic bill protects public workers from retaliation from their employer for their expressive, concerted, and protected activities.
What is the Protections for Public Workers (PROPWA)?
How long did the district want your lunch period to be in 2008?
What is 30 minutes?
The organizer interprets and shares information, fitting it into a bigger picture while the boss relies on _____.
What is confusion?
The Board, educators, and administrators encourage one another to exemplify the highest standards of personal and professional excellence and to become outstanding role models for all students.
What is professional behavior?
Organizing involves a lot more listening than talking. We call this the ____ rule.
This law aimed to make it easier for workers to organize unions and bargain collectively by removing the requirement for a second election to negotiate a union security agreement. The House and Senate passed it but Governor Polis vetoed the bill.
What is the Worker Protection Act?
The SLT and CSC once had a different name.
What is Collaborative Decision Making committee?
The organizer helps develop a plan to win, and shares examples of victories elsewhere while the boss relies on _____.
What is hopelessness?
I am allowed to have representation during these meetings.
What is a grievance, corrective action, and investigations?
This is the step in an organizing conversation where you prepare the worker for the boss' negative reactions to the action you are planning to do.
What is inoculation?
Step 1: DPS and DCTA must engage in the bargaining process in good faith.
Step 2: If DPS or DCTA stops bargaining in good faith and / or can't reach an agreement the parties declare impasse.
Step 3: DPS and DCTA will engage in mediation to come to an agreement.
Step 4: If an agreement can't be reached, they must FIRST notify the Department of Labor and Employment of the dispute so they can attempt to resolve it, then the Director of CDLE will issue an order ending authority over the dispute. (Governor likely gets involved)
Step 5: Only after all the steps have happened, DCTA can engage in a strike.
What is the Right to Strike in Colorado?