Priorities


Organizing
  • Empower members to organize around issues
  • Continue to organize Contract Advocacy Teams 
  • Continue to connect with staff and governance across the state 
  • Increase member involvement at local, state, and national levels
  • Continue to host listening sessions and site visits 

Bargaining
  • Open the bargaining process to more member participation 
  • Negotiate to fix permissive language that is pervasive in our CBA
  • Bargain better working conditions:
    • Lower caseloads
    • Stronger overload provisions
    • Reduced workload
  • Continue coordination with WEA to access resources and expertise 
  • Hold district leadership to the agreements of our CBA through labor management, proactive collaboration, problem-solving and the grievance process

Equity
  • Continue to support affinity groups.
  • Bring NAKIA Academy mentor training for BIPOC members
  • Provide resources and training for equity work
  • Focus on open communication and healthy debate

Policy 
  • Continue collaborating on policies and structures to support the work of our union:
    • ​Open our office for members' use.
    • Mentor structure for union representatives 
    • Digital resource notebooks for our staff, executive board, association representatives and members​
  • Continuing to publish union decision making processes so that the work of our union is clearly understood​
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