CPEEA Local News

Support Staff Please take the Bargaining Survey by May 11 Click Here

From the US Department of Labor Website:  On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor announced new action regarding how American workers and employers will benefit from the protections and relief offered by the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, both part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) posted a temporary rule issuing regulations pursuant to this new law, effective April 1, 2020.  For more information, see  https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/ffcra .

As of the deadline April 17th, 2020, 5pm......we have a slate of candidates for the executive offices of the CPEEA. They are as follows: President: Kathy Commeret Vice President (certified): Tim Olson Vice President (support staff): Mandy Rodriquez Treasurer: Sarah Weber Secretary: Gina McCambridge In addition, Lisa Czypera has stepped forward as a building rep for Pine Island EA and Sarah Anderson as EA rep for the High School. Thanks very much.  Once the new school year starts we'll have to fill out the rest of the building and classification representation with building level selection run by the current representatives in those spots.  If you are interested in becoming involved in the CPEEA contact Kim Pfeiffer.

Good afternoon, The bargaining team wanted to let you know we have been working very hard every week so we are ready to bargain when that time comes...We wanted to reach out and communicate with you what our top priorities are based on a representative from each of your buildings. -Getting the district to pay the hard cap (the maximum the state allows) to reduce insurance costs to members -Salary increase for everyone -Step with correlating pay for everyone -Lower class sizes at the elementary especially with discipline problems that have been occurring. If you feel strongly about one of these or feel a different item needs to be discussed please let us know. Thanks, The Bargaining Team

Our bylaws and constitution call for an April election of officers in even-numbered years. We have 5 positions to be filled for the next 2 year terms of our Executive Board: President, VP Certified, VP Support Professionals, Treasurer and for Secretary. Any member in good standing who wishes to be placed on the ballot please send an email notification to your current president, Kim Pfeiffer and the current Secretary, Gina McCambridge. Send us your name and which office you would like to run for and do so by April 17th, 5:00pm. At that time your current Exec Bd will determine how to conduct the election and send out a notification.  These are difficult times for all of us and we will need to make many adjustments to regular procedures. It is also a bargaining year and our bargaining committees continue their work. The Michigan economy has been devastated by this statewide shutdown, gas prices way down and sales tax revenues greatly reduced. The optimistic projections for n...

Please take the insurance survey below!  Even if you do not take insurance through our district.  You will need your specific MESSA plan information so login to the portal  https://secure.messa.org/MemberPortal/AdaptiveAuthentication/Login  if you do not know what that is. Our goal is to provide the coverage that meets our needs and the lowest cost possible so the design of the survey is to identify the type of coverage we need so we can choose the best plans to offer our staff. Thanks! Insurance Survey