WEA members have a lot at stake in the upcoming special legislative session, which starts Monday, May 13. The COLA alone is worth $320 million over the next two years. When the Legislature… Read More →

On April 27, nearly 1,000 WEA Representative Assembly delegates gathered on the capitol steps. Watch the video. View more pictures here.

In the last days of the legislative session, members should continue to contact their legislators with the same message – any final budget should include funding for smaller class sizes (at least to… Read More →

On Saturday, April 27 at 9:30 am, Representative Assembly delegates will be gathering on the north steps of the capitol for a rally. All WEA members and staff are invited to participate (at… Read More →

Gov. Inslee announces opposition to SB 5242 Posted on April 9, 2013 by OurVoice ActionTeam Gov. Jay Inslee announced this afternoon he opposes Senate Bill 5242, the Rodney Tom/Steve Litzow/Steve Hobbs legislation that… Read More →

Gov. Jay Inslee will call for extending taxes set to expire this summer as part of his plan for balancing the next state budget and steering more than $1 billion of new money… Read More →

No foolin! Washington has the 4th most crowded classrooms in the country! You know it and I know it, but most people don’t. When I tell my friends who don’t work in our… Read More →

Registration is now open for the 2013 WEA Special Education Boot Camps. Three sessions, presented by the Washington Education Association Special Education Cadre, will be held this summer across the state. For a… Read More →

A lot of education reform bills are in play in the Washington Legislature. But none so far directly tackles the shortcomings that the Washington Supreme Court has ruled that the state must fix.… Read More →

Sign the online petition and tell Sen. Rodney Tom and the Legislature to fund smaller class sizes for ALL children. Currently, the Legislature funds only two-thirds of a public K-12 education in Washington.… Read More →