Why Join CTA

Collective Bargaining

CTA, assisted financially by NEA, maintains a staff of 123 professionals available to assist chapters in all phases of collective bargaining. These CTA-NEA UniServ field reps provide the following services to local bargaining teams:

• Contract language
• At-the-table assistance
• Bargaining strategy and tactics
• Training of local negotiators
• Budget analysis

These staff members are assisted by bargaining specialists and a research department with a computer network which can provide salary data, cost-of-living comparisons and information on school district budgets. Backed up by NEA computer banks, this program keeps chapter bargaining teams advised on legal issues and on trends in bargaining in other districts.