What is WEA-PAC?
WEA-PAC is the political arm of WEA. WEA-PAC supports candidates, from local school boards to statewide positions, who support public education. Committees composed of WEA-PAC members interview political candidates to determine their positions only on issues that affect public education, WEA members, and our students. Then WEA-PAC supports quality candidates who are willing to stand up for public education. WEA-PAC membership is completely voluntary and collected separately from dues. Contributing to WEA-PAC is how our members have a collective voice in electing candidates--including school boards, judgeships, the State Legislature, the Governor, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction—who will be advocates for public education, regardless of their party affiliation.
Why join WEAPAC?
Every decision that affects public education is a political decision—compensation, health care benefits, retirement, accountability, funding for class size reduction, etc. WEAPAC is how WEA members have a strong collective voice in influ
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encing these decisions.
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Funding for our COLA (I-732) and I-728 was restored! That wouldn't have happened without our WEA-PAC "priority" candidates winning in November 2004.
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In the 2006 elections, WEA-PAC was successful in gaining an "education majority" in both the House and the Senate. If this hadn’t happened, SIMPLE MAJORITY would not have been on the ballot in November 2007 and passed.
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It's an investment in yourself and in public education! WEA-PAC helps us elect candidates who support WEA positions on compensation, retirement, changes to the new teacher certification rules, support for the National Board stipend and process, accountability, the WASL as a high stakes graduation requirement, collective bargaining, etc.
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It's much easier to elect candidates who agree with us than to change the minds of politicians who don’t support our agenda for public education.
Contributing to WEA-PAC is being pro-active! You can join WEA-PAC for only $2.25 a month through payroll deduction! See your Building Rep before or after school or during your duty-free lunch for an enrollment form! |
