JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ASSOCIATION
KANSAS NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
PROFILE OF SERVICES
Johnson County Community College Faculty Association is a chartered local under Kansas NEA and NEA. It was chartered in 1979 and has represented the individual and collective interests of its members for over 30 years. JCCCFA/KNEA/NEA is also the exclusive bargaining agent under the Kansas Professional Negotiations Act
KNEA and NEA put the strength of 3.2 million members and the experience of more than 150 years of educational advocacy to work for faculty and staff. KNEA represents over 1,000 higher education faculty members statewide, and NEA represents over 225,000 nationally. No other professional organization or union can claim so long and strong a record of effective representation.
The cohesiveness of KNEA/NEA higher education membership is particularly important now in light of the constant challenges and threats to our professional and economic rights. KNEA/NEA strongly supports the efforts of faculty and staff to safeguard intellectual freedom, professional integrity, tenure, and the right to a voice in academic governance.
The following information represents the services provided to individual members, the FA as a collective body, and to the leadership of the same.
COLLEGE/COMMUNITY RELATIONS:
- Provides representation at Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Events
- Provides representation on the OP Chamber Government Affairs Task Force
- Provides political advocacy at the local, state, and national levels
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING:
- Provides direct staff assistance to the FA with negotiations since the 1980s
- Provides negotiation/contract resources
- Provides the Annual KNEA Salary Analysis
- Provides the NEA HECAS Research CD
- Provides the NEA College and University Data Analysis System (CUDAS)
PROFESSIONAL & EMPLOYMENT ISSUES:
- Direct consultation/assistance from KNEA UniServ Director in matters related to member (employee) concerns, disciplinary actions, nonrenewal, grievances, suspensions, wage and hour issues, and terminations
- Direct working relationship with the JCCC Human Resources Office
- Direct working relationship with the JCCC President’s Office
- Direct consultation with members on campus and at the KNEA Regional Office (located in Shawnee) regarding any concern or issue
LEGAL RIGHTS & REPRESENTATION:
- Representation from the UniServ Director on all legal rights issues
- Access and representation from KNEA attorneys on legal issues (there are three full-time attorneys on KNEA staff with over 70 years of education, labor, and employment rights experience). KNEA also retains a number of attorneys with similar and criminal experience.
- KNEA & NEA attorneys and your UniServ Director provide direct assistance to members on nonrenewal, terminations, suspensions, criminal, EEOC, ADA, and other legal matters.
- KNEA & NEA and your UniServ Director provide legal resources/research support to the FA leadership on a variety of issues.
LIABILITY INSURANCE:
- KNEA & NEA provide $1,000,000 of coverage per incident, included in membership.
- Liability coverage also provides nurse practitioners with extended protection.
- Direct UniServ Director assistance with liability issues
- Direct KNEA & NEA attorney assistance with liability-related issues
MEMBER BENEFIT AND SERVICE PROGRAMS:
- KNEA/NEA Member Benefits enhances the lives of members and their families through advocacy, service and information. KNEA/NEA Member Benefits strives to help all members increase their economic security through financial services, insurance programs and investment advice. Maximizing members’ hard-earned dollars through consumer discounts, special travel, leisure offers and professional development services.
- NEA Member Benefits at neamb.org
- KNEA ACCESS Program at knea.org
MEMBERSHIP SERVICES:
- Provides staff assistance in the recruitment and retention of members
- Provides staff assistance in the processing of KNEA and NEA membership
- Provides assistance in the development and printing of membership brochures and other information
LEGISLATIVE & POLITICAL ACTION:
- KNEA & NEA provides full-time lobbyists working on behalf of higher education faculty in Topeka and Washington, DC.
- KNEA & NEA-PAC programs are strictly voluntary. Dues dollars are not used for political purposes.
- KNEA political action staff and your UniServ Director work closely with the FA in support of “friend of education” candidates at the local, state, and national levels.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
- The NEA Higher Education Advocate
- Thought & Action
- The NEA Almanac of Higher Education
- KNEA Higher Education Task Force Newsletter
- Inside Kansas Higher Education Newsletter
- KNEA Issues
OTHER RESOURCES/SERVICES:
- NEA Higher Education Council/individual & chapter membership
- KNEA & NEA provides a variety of research assistance and information to members and the FA leadership
- KNEA & NEA individual and local grants/NEA Foundation Grants
- JCCCFA representation on the KNEA HE Task Force
- JCCCFA representation on KNEA Resolution Committee
- JCCCFA representation on KNEA Human & Civil Rights Committee (prior)
- JCCCFA representation at KNEA Representative Assembly
- JCCCFA representation at NEA Representative Assembly
- JCCCFA representation at NEA Higher Education Conference
