WEA-PAC fuels pro-education campaigns
WEA-PAC moves into the 21st century!
You can now contribute to WEA-PAC online using a secure donation page!
Our health care, collective bargaining and full funding for public schools are all up for debate in the 2013 legislative session. Investing in great WEA-PAC candidates this election just makes sense!
If you are already a WEA-PAC member you can click here to contribute $20.12 for 2012. You can even contribute more if you’d like.
WEA-PAC Membership surpasses 29,000!
Great news!
WEA-PAC membership is at its highest since the loss of payroll deduction.
The number one reason members give for not joining WEA-PAC? They were never asked!
Can you ask a colleague to join today? A WEA-PAC and NEA-FCPE form is quick and easy to fill out. Forms are available from your association building representative, your local association office or available below to print.
Download and and print the WEA-PAC Payroll Authorization form to join WEA-PAC. Return it to your union building rep or mail it to: WEA-PAC, PO Box 9100, Federal Way, WA 98063-9100.
“Wisconsin conditions didn’t happen overnight. The future of the profession, the future of public education is at stake. We can never let these politicians divide us again. The way we get PAC donations is by having individual conversations with members. But it is more than giving money. It is a willingness to speak up and speak out that will make us strong.”
— Mary Bell, Wisconsin Education Association
We can’t let it happen here in Washington
Dear WEA member,
You saw what happened in Wisconsin after the last election.
Within weeks of taking office, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and a new anti-union majority in the state assembly launched a full-force campaign to eliminate nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers – including school employees.
We can’t let that happen here in Washington. That’s why we have WEA-PAC, the political action committee for WEA members. Help prevent this from happening in Washington — go here to download and fill out the WEA-PAC sign-up form now.
WEA-PAC helps elect pro-education, pro-union candidates to local school boards, the state Legislature and statewide offices such as governor and superintendent of public instruction.
The vicious attacks on educators and unions in Wisconsin, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and other states highlight what we sometimes forget: Nearly every decision about public schools, from funding to academic standards, is determined by elected officials at some level.
Here in Washington, Americans for Prosperity, the political action committee funded by the Koch brothers, backed four candidates who defeated incumbent pro-education state senators in the last election. All four of those Koch-backed senators voted for a bill that tramples our local collective bargaining rights around school staffing policies. That’s a preview of what could happen here if we let it.
WEA-PAC has 26,000 members and is growing every day. We have our sights set on the 2012 election, where we’ll be electing a governor, superintendent of public instruction, the state House and half of the state Senate.
E-mail us to find out how you help prevent Washington from being the next Wisconsin.
— Julianna Dauble, Marguerite Jones and Ryan Grant, educators and WEA-PAC Board members
