Local 59-ABE Page

TEACHERS AND ESP'S, LOCAL 59

67 Eighth Avenue, NE Mpls, MN 55413 Ph: (612) 529-9621 Fax: (612) 529-0539

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Minneapolis ABE

General Inf'n about Adult Ed. (GEIS)

Membership / DUES / Fairshare

Benefits of membership include:

Right to vote in union elections, contract ratification;

Right to become a delegate to a state or national union convention;

Employment related legal services;

National and State member services programs (legal assistance, or member benefit programs through Ed Minn, AFT, NEA);

National and State Publications.

Individuals MUST have a membership card on file at MFT to be a member (does not need to be renewed annually). Otherwise, teachers are considered “fairshare”. Paycheck deductions are permitted under state law and the contract.

ABE contract and hourly work that belongs to the MFT bargaining unit. As a result, MFT “exclusively represents” you in contract negotiations, discipline and other Labor/Management activities.

Short Call Reserves (substitutes, assigned through the MPS AESOP system) can belong to MFT once they have worked 20 consecutive duty days replacing the same teacher in a school year. They may wish to purchase a substitute membership from Education Minnesota. Which is applicable for subbing in any district in the state of Minnesota.

Individuals teaching in other districts while working in MPS only need to pay MFT’s portion of the dues if they are already paying dues to the state and national teacher union affiliates (Ed Minn, AFT, NEA) in the other district. They should should contact MFT directly (Meline Juarez) to review their individual situations.

MFT annually notifies MPS Payroll of the rate schedule for fulltime, parttime and hourly teachers for that year. Payroll applies and deducts the dues or fees individually.

If you need assistance with the rate Payroll is deducting you individually, please feel free to contact Meline Juarez (mjuarez@mft59.org 612-529-9621 x261) who can then advise you further and/or contact payroll to adjust your deduction.

ABE Teachers

Retro pay

Retro related to the 2009-11 contract settlement was provided on 9/16/11.

Step adjustments to pay for 2010-11 was implemented on 10/7/11.

Questions? Contact Payroll (668-0420) - they can look up your information and assist you the fastest. Contact MFT if you need further assistance after checking with payroll.

Here's the 2009-11 (applies to both years) schedule for reference:

Step BA        BA+15    BA+30    BA+45    MA        BA+60    MA+15   MA+30   MA+45
1    30,451    31,113    31,775    32,437    32,437    33,098    33,098    33,759    34,419
2    31,466    32,129    32,790    33,452    33,452    34,113    34,113    34,775    35,434
3    32,481    33,144    33,805    34,467    34,467    35,127    35,127    35,790    36,450
4    33,497    34,161    34,820    35,482    35,482    36,143    36,143    36,805    37,465
5    34,512    35,175    35,836    36,498    36,498    37,159    37,159    37,821    38,480
6    35,527    36,190    36,851    37,514    37,514    38,175    38,175    38,836    39,497
7    36,543    37,206    37,867    38,528    38,528    39,190    39,190    39,851    40,512
8    37,559    38,221    38,882    39,543    39,543    40,205    40,205    40,867    41,528
9    38,573    39,236    39,899    40,560    40,560    41,222    41,222    41,883    42,543
10 39,588    40,251    40,915    41,576    41,576    42,237    42,237    42,897    43,558
11 40,604    41,266    41,929    42,590    42,590    43,251    43,251    43,913    44,573
12 41,618    42,280    42,943    43,604    43,604    44,266    44,266    44,928    45,588

Click: ABE 09-11 Executive Summary

Click: ABE 09-11 Tentative Proposal (Language Changes)

2007-09 CONTRACT:

2007-2009 ABE Teachers' Contract (pdf)