Jan 21
Thirsty Thursday flier to print out and share at your schools!
Hosted by the Vacaville Teachers Association Member Engagement Committee
Jan 21
Know what do to during a school site emergency. Learn about our emergency protocols to keep our students safe at this informative parent meeting.
In order to prepare for emergency events at school sites, VUSD and the City of Vacaville Police Department have been implementing a new school safety program called Standard Response Protocol (SRP).
The SRP is a universal response to an incident at any school site. A severe weather event, fire, accidents, intruders, and earthquakes are some of the safety scenarios that are planned and trained for by students, teachers, staff, and administration. This meeting will explain the SRP and will be directed by Vacaville PD and VUSD.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
at Vacaville High School Little Theater
Thursday, January 21, 2016
at Fairmont Charter Elementary School Multipurpose Room
Monday, January 25, 2016
at Vaca Pena Middle School Gym
Parent training is the same for all school sites and multiple sessions will be held. Training sessions may not be located at your child’s school.
Jan 17
Resolve to be a smarter shopper by shopping with NEA Click & Save, which has saved your fellow members nearly $9 million so far.
There’s a good reason NEA Click & Save is so popular: The online shopping program saves NEA members tons of money! Many members especially enjoy using the dining deals offered by Restaurant.com. You can find fantastic discounts at great local restaurants, whether you’re planning a meal out with your family or treating fellow teachers to a special lunch.
But did you know that you can buy a wide variety of products through the hundreds of retailers that participate in NEA Click & Save? You can find discounts as well as earn reward points, which you can apply toward future purchases.
Resolve to shop smarter by putting NEA Click & Save at the top of your shopping list. You’ll be surprised by what you can buy and how much you’ll save.
To get you started, we’ve compiled a list of 10 top Click & Save discounts you didn’t know you could get:
WORKOUT GEAR
If you’re on a mission to get fit and lose weight, make that goal fun and inexpensive by purchasing workout gear through NEA Click & Save. Inspire yourself with cute clothes, comfy sneakers, exercise DVDs, resistance bands, heart-rate monitors, yoga mats and more. After you lose weight, come back and get deals on more workout clothes in a smaller size!
NEA Click & Save retailers that sell fitness gear include Footlocker.com, NewBalance.com, Nike, Performance Bicycle, The Sports Authority, Under Armour and Zumba Fitness.
SHOES
You’re on your feet most of the day, so you need comfortable shoes that’ll keep you on your toes. Through NEA Click & Save retailers such as Macys and Nordstrom, you can buy sneakers as well as fashionable shoes made by comfort specialists such as Naturalizer, Sofft and Clarks. For special occasions, slide into a new pair of elegant heels or leather loafers.
Footwear retailers on the NEA Click & Save site include Famous Footwear, Nine West, Puma, Saucony, ShoeBuy.com, ShoeMall.com, Shoes.com, Skechers, Steve Madden and Vans.
COSMETICS AND TOILETRIES
Looking good doesn’t have to cost a bundle. From makeup and perfume to shampoo and deodorant, you really can clean up nicely via NEA Click & Save.
For the basics you need for yourself and your family, you can order from general retailers such as Drugstore.com, Sephora, Ulta Beauty and Walgreens.com.
If you’re a fan of specialty grooming products, NEA Click & Save offers deals from boutique retailers such as Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Clinique, Kiehl’s, Lancome, Laura Mercier, Nars Cosmetics and Origins.
HOME FURNISHINGS
Decorating a home takes time and money in addition to a keen sense of style. NEA Click & Save has partnered with many retailers that offer everything you could need to make your house a home, from lighting and rugs to mattresses and dining sets.
Home-furnishing retailers on the NEA Click & Save site include AllPosters.com, Anthropologie, Art.com, Bed Bath & Beyond, CB2, Cost Plus World Market, Crate & Barrel, Macys.com, Mattress.com, Plow & Hearth and West Elm.
TOYS
The holidays are over, but kids want toys all year long. Stock up on birthday gifts for your children, their friends, and your nieces and nephews via NEA Click & Save retailers such as Discovery Channel Store, Disney Store, eToys.com, GameStop, Lego and Melissa and Doug.
SPECIALTY FOODS
Did you know you can get a steak dinner online? Well, you have to cook it yourself, but you can buy steaks directly from Omaha Steaks while saving with NEA Click & Save. Seafood fans can fish for discounts from Legal Sea Foods and Lobster Gram. These elegant meals would make a lovely Valentine’s Day dinner at home, saving you money and sparing you from the crowds.
For a variety of specialty foods, including soup mixes, trail mixes, jams, sauces and so much more, find out what’s on the menu at Harry and David, Igourmet.com and Wine Country Gift Baskets.
Coffee lovers can buy beans from Coffees of Hawaii and Illy, while tea drinkers can steep in savings from Adagio Teas. Wine aficionados can select their favorites and try new ones from Wine.com, Wine Tasting and the WSJ Wine Club (delivery exclusions may apply).
PET SUPPLIES
You may already have pet insurance through NEA Member Benefits to help you out when Rover gets sick. But for everyday expenses such as food, accessories and medicine, you can save money when you buy through NEA Click & Save. Retailers include Petco, VetShop, EntirelyPets.com, PetSmart, Wag.com and Wysong Pet Food.
EYEWEAR
We’re focused on finding great eyewear discounts for you and your family. Whether you need glasses, contacts or sunglasses, you’ll spy good-looking deals through NEA Click & Save retailers such as 1-800 CONTACTS, EyeBuyDirect.com, GlassesUSA, Glasses Shop and Sunglass Hut.
EVENT TICKETS
Movie tickets, theme park tickets, musical tickets: You name it, and it’s probably at NEA Click & Save’s Entertainment Store. Before heading out to catch the latest blockbuster, reel in a deal through theater discounters such as Working Advantage, and AMC, Regal and Cinemark Theaters. For tickets to theater shows, concerts, games and more, check out Broadway Shows, Ticket Liquidator, Select-A-Ticket and Tickets Now.
If your vacation plans will require entrance to a theme park or other attraction, book your tickets via NEA Click & Save. You’ll find deals on destinations all across the country through discounters such as BestofVegas.com, Liftopia and Smart Destinations. You also can get direct deals to Six Flags, Sea World Parks, Universal Studios Orlando and Disney World.
PLANE TICKETS
NEA Click & Save houses a travel booking engine that offers great deals on plane tickets, hotels, vacation packages, rental cars and cruises. As you’re planning your spring break, your summer vacation or even your trip to the annual NEA convention, check out the airline prices at NEA Click & Save to lock in special deals that’ll keep your budget flying high.
Want to find out more ways to save? Read our new article “10 More Everyday Discounts You’re Missing Out On.”
Note: All retailers listed were participating in NEA Click & Save as of July 2015.
Jan 13
America’s economy has swung out of balance. It’s getting harder to get by, let alone get ahead. Everyday Americans are working more than ever before. Our work has created record wealth for an economic recovery that’s been everywhere but ordinary peoples’ wallets. Our economic rules unfairly favor corporate CEOs and the rich because they manipulate the rules in their favor. Almost no one stands up for average Americans these days, and now this Supreme Court case threatens to make it even worse. Everyone who works should be able to make ends meet, have a say about their futures, and have the right to negotiate together for better wages and benefits that can sustain their family.
Who are we? We are working people like teachers, nurses, firefighters, and other public service workers who are passionate about our work. We want to get ahead – and stay ahead – by working hard and banding together with others to win better wages and benefits that can sustain our families, win improvements on the job to make our work more effective, and fight for advancements that leave our communities better off than we found them.
Unions are made up of people who join together to make their voices heard on issues that affect all of us: fighting for smaller class sizes; working to make sure we can all retire with dignity; holding billionaires like corporate CEOs accountable for paying their fair share; and making sure that employers understand that we are working harder and harder just to get by. The only way to do that is by using our strength in numbers – banding together and speaking with one voice. We all benefit from having our voices heard.
Who is trying to undermine the rights of working people to negotiate together? Corporate CEOS and wealthy special interests who manipulate the economic rules in their favor by trying to make it even harder for working people like us — people like teachers or firefighters – to come together, speak up, and get ahead. This case, which deals with public service workers, is just the latest tactic by the same wealthy special interests who have been attacking working people for decades.
What is this case really about? The best way for working people to get ahead is to work hard and band together with others to win better wages and benefits that can sustain their families and win improvements on the job to make their work more effective. This case is about corporate CEOS and wealthy special interests trying to make it even harder for working people — people like teachers or firefighters – to come together, speak up, and get ahead.
What are Fair Share Fees? Everyone can choose whether or not to join a union at work, and nothing in this case will change that. When the majority of people vote to form a union, however, the union is required by law to represent everyone in the workplace, whether that employee is a union member or not. Employees who don’t want to belong to a union only have to contribute to the costs of the representation they receive. As all public employees enjoy the benefits, job security and other protections the union negotiates, it is only fair that all employees contribute to the cost of securing those benefits and protections.
How do Fair Share Fees work? This may sound complicated, but it’s actually pretty simple and a good compromise. You can think about it this way: each individual teacher can choose whether or not to join the teachers union, but the teachers union is required by law to negotiate on behalf of all the teachers at the school and all of the teachers enjoy the benefits, job security and other protections that the union negotiates. Teachers who don’t want to belong to a union only have to contribute to the costs of the representation they receive. It’s only fair that every teacher contribute to the cost of negotiating those benefits and protections. Those are the only fees we’re talking about in this case. No teacher is required to join a union and no teacher is required to pay any fees that go to politics or political candidates. Nothing in this case will change that.
Is anyone ever forced to join a union or pay for politics? No. The simple truth is that no one is required to join a union and no one is required to pay any fees that go to politics or political candidates. Nothing in this case will change that. This case is about making it even harder for working people to come together, speak up for each other, and get ahead by negotiating to make the rules about benefits, hours, and wages more fair.
Public employees across the nation have joined ranks in support of America Works Together, a new coalition to protect the rights of public service workers to negotiate and support each other. These longstanding rights are under renewed attack from wealthy special interests in Friedrichs v. CTA. Watch compelling new video featuring actor and SAG-AFTRA member Bradley Whitford.
Friedrichs Lawsuit targets ‘Fair Share’
