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WPEA dues support the
direct services of WPEA -- full time staff representatives, legislative lobbying,
organizing, communications, education, legal services,
administrative staff, and general operating expenses.
Your dues
also support member participation in advocacy
efforts.
Whether its for contract negotiations,
labor-management meetings, or legislative lobbying, WPEA
pays for member expenses to ensure they can participate.
Expenses include travel, meals and lodging, and leave
reimbursement not covered by employers.
Professional
staff with years of training and
expertise coordinate and support
collective
bargaining, legal actions, education,
communications, political action, board
testimony, and group actions with WPEA
member leaders at the state, district
and bargaining unit level.
Collective
Bargaining
WPEA’s professional staff work with
the union’s Negotiating Teams to make
proposals and negotiate a host of
protections and benefits for our
members, including: work hours,
overtime, grievance procedures, travel,
training, leave, layoff protections,
insurance and other benefits,
occupational advancement, employee
rights, and now, under the new PSRA,
wages.
Grievances
& Appeals
WPEA staff train and work closely with
your union-trained Job Representatives
to provide aggressive representation of
grievances through formalized procedures
to ensure management follows contract
provisions and rules.
Legal
Representation
WPEA's legal staff advance the
causes of our members through various
administrative and judicial channels.
WPEA protects and defends member rights,
and expands those rights in the courts
when necessary.
Legislative
Issues
WPEA’s Legislative-Political Action
Program promotes the needs of WPEA
members through legislative lobbying on
important state employee issues, and
member involvement in political action,
voter registration, and support of
legislative and statewide candidates who
support the interest of WPEA members.
Education/Communications
WPEA keeps our members informed of
issues affecting them through
legislative updates, bargaining unit
newsletters, district meetings,
educational materials, the web site and
our quarterly union news magazine, WPEA Today.
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Union
Benefits