March 12, 2024
IMPORTANT – Layoff Informational Meetings for Impacted SDEA Members
As we use our collective power as union members to fight unnecessary layoffs, there are also important legal rights and processes that are important to…
March 12, 2024
CTA Retirement Workshops on March 5, 12 and April 4
You’re never too young or old to learn about your CalSTRS benefits, programs, and services! Register now for upcoming CTA online retirement workshops on March…
March 12, 2024
CTA Scholarships and Grants
CTA has a variety of grants and scholarships available to members and their dependents. Applications are available online at www.cta.org/scholarships. The CTA…
The Millions of Reasons Why SDUSD Layoffs Are Unnecessary
March 6, 2024
Educators strongly oppose the San Diego Unified School District's (SDUSD) plan to lay off teachers. While there is a need for some staffing adjustments, due to declining enrollment, these…
Letters in Solidarity: Let’s Finish What We Started
March 6, 2024
Last year, SDEA members won big improvements to our contract. This happened because of our solidarity. When we stand together, we win. We are not done winning. This year’s reopener is another…
SDEA Endorsements Primary Election Round Up
March 6, 2024
Election results are unofficial and will be certified on or before April 4th. However, these are the results for the SDEA endorsed candidates as of election day. Any changes to these presumed…
Letters in Solidarity: Bargaining to Address the Needs of the Whole Child
February 6, 2024
Big shout out to our SDEA school counselor colleagues who we honor during National School Counseling Week! Let’s uplift our school counselors who provide students with invaluable academic,…
Know Your Rights! Excessing
February 6, 2024
What is excessing? "Excessing" is a type of involuntary transfer to achieve a reduction of staff due to declining enrollment or loss of funding at the site or in a program. It is also…
Supporting Students with IEPs in the General Education Classroom
November 14, 2023
Section 29.7 in the contract speaks to supporting students with IEPs in the general education classroom. The contract requires the District to notify the affected unit member(s) prior to assigning…
Sick Leave Explainer
November 14, 2023
11/14/2023 Sick Leave Rights for Union Members 101 As SDEA members, we have protections beyond just having access to regular sick leave. This brief summary will help us understand our…
Catastrophic Leave Bank Explainer
November 14, 2023
10/31/2023 In year’s past, SDEA union members had the foresight to win the right to a Catastrophic Leave Bank (CLB) in our contract. The purpose of the CLB is to create a bank of donated sick and…
New Leaves Notification Deadline – January 1st
November 1, 2023
In the last round of bargaining, SDEA and SDUSD's bargaining teams agreed to some changes in Article 10, Leaves, in the union contract, which impact the dates by which SDEA bargaining unit…
Jury Duty
October 5, 2023
"I got summoned for jury duty! Now what?" If you're summoned to appear for jury duty on a workday, you can report for duty, or postpone duty to non-workdays. The union contract has a rule to…
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