Thanks Newbie for your warning. I am a newhire and am bracing for next
year already. I totally understand your frustration and my heart goes out
to you. Something similar happened to me before too. I hope you get
called again or find an even better job. I am sure all of us, old or new,
all support the rifed teachers. I will definitely not join the union. I
hope my fellow new teachers take the advice to heart too. If
unfortunately I am laid off next year this time, at least I will be $720
ahead. Thanks Newbie and best of luck.

On 7/02/09, RIF'd newbie wrote:
> Thanks "Administrator" for pointing out the lie from "Kathy CS".
>
> "Kathy CS" can never explain to me and other RIF'd teachers why SHE
> deserves the job and increase while CCEA wouldn't even help to keep
> new teachers' jobs. A powerful union should have worked to keep all
> teachers' jobs. This CCEA didn't and never ever tried.
>
> New teachers watch out! If you end up joining CCSD, make sure to save
> your $720/yr union dues, it might become handy next year, this time.
>
>
>
> On 7/02/09, Administrator wrote:
>> CCEA did NOT win the battle to keep salaries at their present level.
>> This was accomplished by the administrators' union telling Walt R.
>> that they would NOT accept less money for more work. CCSD does NOT
>> go against that union. CCEA reaped the benefits because they rode
>> on the coattails of the administrators' association. Murillo and
>> Jasonek would have you believe they worked some magic with Rulffes.
>> They did NOT accomplish anything for teachers.
>>
>> Remember the drop period to divorce yourself from CCEA is July 1 -
>> 15.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/01/09, Kathy CS wrote:
>>>
>>> Why drop CCEA....you should be congratulating them! Who do you
>>> think went to bat for the teachers of the district??? They are
>>> not a perfect association but they are the only people who are
>>> making noise and getting us to keep our present salary and even
>>> being able to get our step increase. Without at least some
>>> people working for us we would all have had to take a 4% drop
>>> in salary. I came from a state that required ALL of their
>>> teachers to have dues taken out of their paychecks even if you
>>> choose not to join the union.
>>>
>>> Teachers do so much bitching about the union, please consider
>>> the benefits that they have worked for for you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/30/09, Isn't it the first 10 days? nfm wrote:
>>>> On 6/30/09, Don't forget wrote:
>>>>> DROP CCEA July 1-15!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Do not forget it. There are only 15 days.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last year, CCEA added another expense to all of us, a $15
>>>>> deduction per pay check, a $360 deduction a year for the so-
>>>>> called retirement health insurance that many of us were not
>>>>> entitled to use, but all of us were forced to pay into it.
>>>>> Why not make it voluntary? Because CCEA will not make any
>>>>> money if this is voluntary. According to CCEA's own claim,
>>>>> there are 15,000 members. That's 5.4 millions a year income
>>>>> for CCEA! And many employees are not entitled to such
>>>>> benefit at all after they are retired.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the other hand, my new colleague who just got RIF'd told
>>>>> me that he was ambushed during the orientation by the CCEA
>>>>> pitbulls so he joined. He got absolutely nothing, but in
>>>>> the end he was RIF'd and Union doesn't even bother answer
>>>>> his questions. He was furious. New teachers watch out!

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