 The Valley
Central Teachers' Association (VCTA) was
founded in the early 1960s as the official
bargaining unit representing teachers. The
secretaries joined the VCTA in the 1980s and
the paraprofessionals joined in the early
1990s. Today the VCTA consists of
approximately 440 teacher bargaining unit
members, 22 secretarial bargaining unit
members, 160 paraprofessional bargaining
unit members, and 180 retirees. The
Executive Council is the governing body of
the Association and is made up of building
representatives (one for every 15 members or
fraction thereof) from each of the seven
buildings (Berea, East Coldenham, Maybrook,
Montgomery, Walden, Middle School, and High
School), a secretarial representative, a
paraprofessional representative, and two
non-voting retiree representatives. There
are five elected officers (president, two
vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer),
an appointed newsletter editor, an appointed
webmaster, New York State Teacher Retirement
System representatives and appointed Benefit
Trust (dental and optical) representatives.
Executive Council
meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of
each month during the school year in the high school
professional library and are open to the general
membership. Meetings begin at 4:00 p.m. For a
schedule of this years meetings and a
full listing of officers, appointed positions,
committee members and building representatives with
their corresponding buildings and email addresses,
view the Executive
Council page.
The VCTA is
affiliated with the New York State United
Teachers (NYSUT).
Our regional NYSUT office is the Mid-Hudson
Office located in Kingston. Our Labor
Relations Specialist (LRS) is Steve Berman.
VCTA officers communicate directly with
NYSUT on behalf of our members. NYSUT, the
largest union in New York State, is a
federation of over 1200 locals,
"representing more than 600,000 classroom
teachers and other school employees;
academic and professional faculty at the
state's community colleges, State University
of New York and City University of New York;
and other education and health
professionals." On the national level, NYSUT
is affiliated with the American Federation
of Teachers (AFT)
and the National Education Association (NEA).
NYSUT, AFT and NEA are an integral part of
organized labor through their affiliation
with the American Federation of Labor―Congress
of International Organizations (AFL-CIO)
and Education International which represents
over 20 million members world wide. All VCTA
members are, therefore, members of NYSUT and
the AFT. We are NYSUT Local 14-135 and AFT
Local 3076. As members of these state and
national associations, we encourage all of
our members to purchase union made products
and services to support our brothers and
sisters in the union movement.
When possible, buy union products made in the USA. Keep
America's economy strong. Support local "mom
and pop" businesses (view our Community,
Local Towns and Villages Page). Buy
products made without child labor. |
