Fall MPFA Meeting TODAY
Thursday, October 21 - 5:30pm on Zoom
(The Zoom link is in your email, both personal and school. If you did not receive it, please contact us.)
This meeting will have important discussions about Bargaining/Negotiations and Membership.
Let YOUR voice be heard!
Are you a member of MPFA?
Dues are a very reasonable amount, ($34.88 per month), and even less if you are a CTA member in another district. (Download a PDF of the dues structure here --->. dues_2021-2022.pdf)
Get yourself signed up!
Where do your dues go?
Here's a note from our Treasurer, Marilyn Simpson.
Over the course of the year, MPFA receives $68.20 per member; CTA/CCA receives $142.80; and NEA receives $68. (See this helpful document.)
NEA and CTA/CCA use their money (in my estimation) for lobbying, including TV ads, conferences, all the benefits for their members and administrative costs — salaries for staff, etc.
MPFA pays stipends to the negotiating team out of our funds that derive from our dues; that was $2200 over the last year, and considering how much time the negotiators put in, this pays them between $15 and $20 per hour (a huge bargain, in my humble opinion, considering the gains that the new contract gives us!). The president of MPFA is actually paid by the college. All the other board members are volunteers, but this spring we got a grant to give membership, grievance, and communication committee members stipends; and we got a grant for the membership party. So those were paid by the reimbursement from CTA. I think we’ll ask for those grants again this year.
Other costs: every time we have an election, it costs us $334; and the web site/domain address also have yearly fees.
Yours, Marilyn Simpson
Over the course of the year, MPFA receives $68.20 per member; CTA/CCA receives $142.80; and NEA receives $68. (See this helpful document.)
NEA and CTA/CCA use their money (in my estimation) for lobbying, including TV ads, conferences, all the benefits for their members and administrative costs — salaries for staff, etc.
MPFA pays stipends to the negotiating team out of our funds that derive from our dues; that was $2200 over the last year, and considering how much time the negotiators put in, this pays them between $15 and $20 per hour (a huge bargain, in my humble opinion, considering the gains that the new contract gives us!). The president of MPFA is actually paid by the college. All the other board members are volunteers, but this spring we got a grant to give membership, grievance, and communication committee members stipends; and we got a grant for the membership party. So those were paid by the reimbursement from CTA. I think we’ll ask for those grants again this year.
Other costs: every time we have an election, it costs us $334; and the web site/domain address also have yearly fees.
Yours, Marilyn Simpson
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
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Become a member - let your voice be heard
CTA has a completely online option for membership - it's easy! And if you have ever been a member of CTA before, they will have most of your information pre-filled.
- In the section where it asks about your primary place of employment, please write all the districts where you teach, regardless of whether they are community college or K-12.
- List multiple community colleges if you teach at more than one. This information may result in lower dues.
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