The district brings a $400/hour labor attorney with a research team and decades of institutional data. Your negotiating committee has passion, experience — and a stack of PDFs. CompBase closes the information gap so your members get what they've earned.
Your members believe they deserve more. But at the table, feelings aren't evidence. CompBase shows exactly where your local stands — starting salary, max salary, step count, supplements — compared to every district in the county. When the administration says "you're already above average," you'll know if it's true.
There are three ways to learn about a nearby settlement. One: you never hear about it, and the administration cites numbers you can't verify. Two: your attorney mentions it six months later, filtered through their read of the situation. Three: you know within 24 hours — the percentage, the duration, the health contribution change, and where it puts your local on the county scale. CompBase is option three.
Structural problems hide inside salary schedules. When step increments shrink at the top, senior members barely out-earn mid-career hires. When lateral hires enter at Step 8, they leapfrog loyal members. CompBase makes these invisible problems visible — with numbers that support proposals to fix them.
Members don't see percentages. They see paychecks. When the settlement includes a 3% raise AND a health insurance contribution increase from 12% to 15%, some members actually lose money. CompBase models the real paycheck impact at every step so you can show members exactly what the deal means.
When you bring a tentative agreement to the membership, they want proof. Not assurances — data. CompBase generates member-ready materials that show exactly how the proposed settlement compares to neighboring districts, what the paycheck impact looks like at every step, and where the new contract puts your local regionally.
Teacher salary data exists in fragments online. Structured support staff wage data doesn't exist at all — until now. CompBase covers every CSEA, SEIU, and Teamsters unit on Long Island. When the administration says "take the same percentage as the teachers," you can show why that's not equity.
Accessible pricing for locals of every size. The same comprehensive dataset the district's attorney uses — at a fraction of the cost.
A 0.25% difference in a settlement for a 200-member local earning an average of $90,000 is $45,000 per year in member wages. This subscription pays for itself if it moves the needle by a fraction of a percent.
See your local's market position, settlement comparisons, and equity analysis — with the same structured data that the district's attorney uses. Every number sourced from public CBAs.