Published Date: 2016-02-08
Membership Matters
Fee-payers are not members
Ninety percent of state-employed Psych Techs are already members. Are you? Fee-payers often believe that since they pay fees to the union, they must be CAPT members. This is not true. As a fee-payer, the amount of your monthly “fair-share fees” is slightly less than what you would pay as a dues-paying member. However, your benefits as a fee-payer are also reduced.
Be a part of the Psych Tech legacy. Lend your name, prepare your voice and join today!
Take a stand for unity and join the only organization dedicated entirely to Psych Techs. Unity in CAPT makes us strong, solidifying our visibility and influence.
CAPT is a full-service union
CAPT provides services and benefits to improve our working conditions and secure our livelihoods. If you are not already a member of CAPT, now is the time to protect yourself and those who depend on you. To become a CAPT member, contact your local chapter representative or CAPT headquarters today at 1-800-677-2278.
CAPT protects our licenses
CAPT is the only union that will legally defend a member’s license against suspension, probation or revocation before the BVNPT, a legal service valued at $4,000 - $7,000.
CAPT protects our jobs
Being a Psych Tech carries considerable risks. Not just risk of injury, but also risk of disciplinary action that can result from decisions Psych Techs must make on the job. Depending on the seriousness of the charge, a PT can be suspended without pay, have their salary cut for months and even be fired. The state may also act to suspend or revoke a PT’s license. In these cases, CAPT members have access to legal representation from skilled labor attorneys, a service saving members thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket legal fees.
CAPT bargains our contract
CAPT negotiates contracts with the state to spell out the details of our salaries, benefits and other conditions of employment. Members participate in the bargaining process by proposing contract language and voting to ratify the contract.
CAPT trains Psych Tech activists and leaders
CAPT provides free training to members who wish to play a more active role within their union. The most important program trains members to be effective job stewards. The training program teaches Psych Techs the important aspects of representing their colleagues in all kinds of job-related issues. CAPT also trains elected chapter leaders to run chapter operations in an effective manner.
CAPT delivers legislative advocacy and political action
Your membership increases CAPT’s lobbying power in the highly competitive atmosphere of the Legislature so we can secure the staffing and safety improvements we all need.
CAPT provides additional benefits
Members of CAPT receive automatic enrollment in an attractive life insurance plan, including accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D). Members may also enroll in optional CAPT-sponsored benefit programs, including supplemental medical/dental coverage, life insurance, and AD&D coverage, long-term disability, automobile, pet, travel, homeowners and renter’s insurance, identity protection, legal services and more.
Most importantly, CAPT is powered by Psych Techs
CAPT’s relevancy and strength lies in the fact that its leadership exists entirely of BU 18 employees who are elected and controlled by the employees themselves. Only CAPT members have the right to hold CAPT office, vote for CAPT officers and serve as a CAPT job steward or annual meeting delegate.
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