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Transforming Public Education in Oregon

Transforming Public Education in Oregon. Class Size Campaign. What ’ s the Class Size Campaign?. Where it came from: Members Leaders Staff Past Campaigns/Issue Polling . Class Size Campaign . Why This Issue Campaign?. What ’ s on the Ballot: the Shield.

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Transforming Public Education in Oregon

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  1. Transforming Public Education in Oregon Class Size Campaign

  2. What’s the Class Size Campaign? • Where it came from: • Members • Leaders • Staff • Past Campaigns/Issue Polling

  3. Class Size Campaign Why This Issue Campaign?

  4. What’s on the Ballot:the Shield IP 1: Prohibits public employee payroll deductions to unions if money used as/combined with political funds What It Would Do: Prohibit public employees from making automatic payroll deductions to unions if used for a political purpose. Similar to Bill Sizemore’s last anti-union effort, 2008’s Measure 64. Funded by Freres Lumber and other timber companies. Sponsorship signatures carried by Mark Nelson’s Signature Gathering Company of Oregon. IP 2: Amends Constitution: Prohibits all payroll deductions from public employees to/on behalf of any public employee union What It Would Do: Prohibits public employees from making payroll deductions to unions. Notes: Funded by Loren Parks and Stimson Lumber. Sponsorship signatures carried by Mark Nelson’s Signature Gathering Company of Oregon.

  5. What’s on the Ballot:the Shield IP 9 Current Ballot Title: Prohibits compulsory payment of union representation costs by public employees choosing not to join union Awaiting Supreme Court opinion. Chief Petitioners: Jill Odell, Braeda Libby What It Would Do: Allows public employees to receive protections, wages and benefits of union representation without paying costs. Would prohibit public employees who are not union members from making “fair share” contributions in lieu of paying dues. Notes: Funded by Loren Parks and Freres Lumber. Sponsorship petitions carried by Mark Nelson’s Signature Gathering Company of Oregon. Not yet eligible to circulate.

  6. What’s on the Ballot:the Sword • Large Corporations Should Pay Their Fair Share • Invest in Oregon’s Future • Fund Oregon’s Priorities • If Corp. are people, Let’s Tax Them Like It

  7. Doing Things Better Than the Best We’ve Ever Done • Recent Signature Gathering by Members: • Corporate Disclosure: 11,521 Signatures • BM 85 Corporate Kicker: 3,979 • Recent Voter Contact by Members: • Measures 66/67: Over 100,000 voter contacts

  8. JUNE FIELD PLAN TIMELINE June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Local Planning Phase 1- Local Roll Out Phase 2- Membership Signatures Phase 3- Non Member Signature Gathering 2013-2014 Phase 4- Community Campaign

  9. Review of the Field Plan- Phase 1 • Phase I: Local and Council Rollout. • When: Late Summer- Late Fall • What: In this phase, Locals will lay the groundwork to for their local to: • Run a local issue campaign • Collect signatures for revenue initiatives • Prepare for the coming RTW and Paycheck campaigns • Goals: Kick off the campaign in their local, assess and begin to build local campaign structure, hold OEA-PIE drive and collect commitment cards.

  10. Review of the Field Plan- Phase 2 • Phase II: Member Signature Collection. • When: September/October 2013 (dependant on Oregon Supreme Court)- Early 2014 • What: In this phase, each OEA local assess every member’s support of revenue campaign and collect signatures from each supporting member. • Goals: • 100% of local’s membership assessed and recorded • 100% of member revenue supporters signed • Recruit members to OEA-PIE convention (possible Class Size training) • Tie-in legislative issues with Class Size

  11. Review of the Field Plan- Phase 3 • Phase III: External Signature Collection • When: September/October 2013 (dependant on Oregon Supreme Court)- Spring 2014 • What: In this phase, each local must collect 5x their membership in general public signatures to put revenue initiatives on the ballot. In some cases this may be coordinated with the UniServ Council. Each initiative requires 160,000 signatures! • Goals: 5 x local membership signatures collected and recorded.

  12. Review of the Field Plan- Phase 4 • Phase IV: Community Campaign • When: Fall 2013-End of 2013/2014 school year • What: Local members must begin to build coalitions in every community that make the case for more school funding AND educator rights at work. In some cases, this work may be coordinated through the UniServ Council. The 2013/2014 community campaign could include: public forums/town halls, soliciting organizational, local recommendation interviews, letters to the editor, tabling/canvassing for individual supporters.

  13. Review of the Field Plan- Phase 4 • Phase IV: Community Campaign • When: Fall 2013-End of 2013/2014 school year • Goals: • Earned Media/LTEs • Public Forums/ Town Halls/ Education Events • Signature Turn in Events • Statewide Local Elected/Leader Sign on Letter • Parent/voter/community supporter list building

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