For Union Negotiators · A New World

You used to call and wait.
Now you walk in already knowing.

For years, prepping a contract meant a phone call, a wait, and a stack of PDFs. That world is ending. Every Long Island agreement is now structured — benchmark any term, model any proposal, and track every settlement, all year, on your own. Not to replace your NYSUT rep. To walk in with sharper questions and a clearer answer.

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1Syosset CSDNassau$112,847+3.4%
2Roslyn UFSDNassau$111,936+3.5%
3Manhasset UFSDNassau$111,205+3.2%
4Great Neck UFSDNassau$110,680+3.1%
5Locust Valley CSDNassau$109,870+2.9%
⋮8 districts between ranks 6–13
14Jericho UFSD YOUNassau$108,442+3.25%
15Plainview–OB CSDNassau$108,110+2.8%
16Herricks UFSDNassau$107,635+2.7%
The old world

Three stacks of paper and a phone call.

You're handed a proposal. You call NYSUT — is this fair? — and you wait for the callback. A folder of other locals' contracts arrives, as PDFs. You print them, two or three times over, and spread them across a table. You compare by hand, by memory, by gut. Eventually you ratify a deal you mostly trust — and spend the next three years wondering what you left on the table.

You worked harder than anyone in the room to walk in less informed than the other side of the table.
  • ☎Ask, then wait. Every question routes through a callback. The answer arrives days later — if the timing works out.
  • ▤A folder of PDFs. A handful of sample contracts from other locals. Enough to feel informed. Not enough to be.
  • ⏱Six months of cramming. Prep is a panic that starts before the table and ends at ratification — then resets to zero next time.
  • ✕Decided by the other side. Someone else frames what "good enough" looks like. You take it, or you guess.
What changed

The contracts didn't change. Your access to them did.

Every collective bargaining agreement on Long Island is now structured — not a folder of PDFs, but a living, queryable record you can ask anything. The data was always public. For the first time, it's usable.

129
Long Island districts
735
Agreements structured
45 yrs
Of settlement history
Five shifts

What dies. What's born.

The job stops being research. It becomes strategy.

Old world
Ask, then wait for the callback.
A question meant a phone call and a few days. The market moved while you waited.
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New world
Ask, and know in seconds.
Ask any question across every district and get the answer instantly — with the exact contract language behind it. Then bring your NYSUT rep sharper questions, not blank ones.
CompBase Benchmark
Old world
A guess from six to ten locals.
You compared against the handful you could reach — about 8% of the market.
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New world
The whole market, structured.
Benchmark any term — salary, health share, longevity, leave — against all 129 districts. Including the other 92% you were never able to see.
CompBase Benchmark
Old world
Prep is a six-month panic.
You start from zero before the table and scramble to ratification.
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New world
A posture you hold all year.
A local settles two towns over; you know the raise, the health split, and the step movement by morning — and what it means for your members. You never start from zero again.
CompBase Pulse
Old world
Argued by memory.
Positions defended from instinct and a few photocopies.
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New world
A living workbook, backed by evidence.
Every priority scoped with an anchor, a target, and a walkaway — each one backed by real peer data you've been building since the fall.
CompBase Model
Old world
The other side controls the story.
Someone else decides what counts as a fair deal.
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New world
You decide what "good enough" is.
Grade a tentative agreement against your own standard, and show your members exactly where it lands across the county before they vote.
CompBase Brief
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And the moment that feels like magic: the instant what-if.
Someone cites a number across the table. You check it in ten seconds, not next week. A new proposal lands — you model its real cost, all five compensation types, before the session ends. No more "let me get back to you."
A year in the new world

Not a sprint before the table. A standing capability.

Prep used to be a season. Watch what it looks like when it's a posture you hold all year.

September
A neighboring local settles.
The alert hits that afternoon. By morning you know the raise, the health split, and the step movement — and what it means for your members.
November
"Are we behind on starting salary?"
A member asks at a meeting. You pull it up — county-wide — and answer before the meeting ends. Not "let me check."
January
You open your workbook.
Three priorities are already scoped — anchor, target, walkaway — each backed by peer evidence you've been gathering since the fall.
March
A proposal lands across the table.
You check it against the prevailing terms in 60 seconds and know whether it's at market or below it — before you respond.
May
Talks stall.
You pull the settlement pattern of the last 15 locals to show your members — and a fact-finder — what "reasonable" actually looks like.
July
Deal done.
A scorecard grades it against your playbook. You show your members exactly how it stacks up — and start next cycle already ahead.

The new world isn't a binder you build before the table. It's intelligence you carry into every room, all year.

The shift, side by side

Two ways to walk into a negotiation.

The old world
Research, then hope.
☎Call NYSUT, ask "is this fair?", wait for the callback
▤A folder of PDFs — printed, two or three times over
⏱Six months of cramming, every cycle, from zero
▫Six to ten comparables — about 8% of the market
✕Someone else decides what "good enough" means
The new world
Ask, and know.
⚡Ask anything; get the answer in seconds, with the source
☷Every Long Island agreement, structured and queryable
♻Settlement intelligence flowing to you all year long
☷All 129 districts — the full field, not a sample
✓You decide what "good enough" is — and prove it
What this means for you

You're not chasing PDFs anymore. You're the negotiator who walks in already knowing.

The anxiety of wondering whether you missed something the other side already had — gone. In its place: a clear position, real evidence, and the confidence to decide for yourself what your members have earned.

Walk into your next negotiation already knowing.

See your local's position, track the settlements that matter, and build a workbook backed by every district on Long Island.

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