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UniServ Offices
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How Can I Get Involved?
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UniServ / Urban Local |
Phone # |
Toll Free # |
| Bayland | 920-496-2440 | 800-472-5582 |
| Capital Area UniServ - North | 608-255-2400 | 800-397-2287 |
| Capital Area UniServ - South | 608-838-2261 | 800-728-2287 |
| Cedar Lake United Educators | 262-338-6128 | 800-924-1017 |
| Central Wis. UniServ Co. North, South, West | 715-693-1740 | 800-472-0010 |
| Coulee Region United Educators | 608-781-1234 | 800-753-0987 |
| Council #1/State Professional Ed. & Info. Council | 608-256-4730 | 800-853-4730 |
| Council #10 | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5842 |
| Eau Claire Association of Educators | 715-835-1916 | n/a |
| Green Bay Education Association | 920-469-4232 | n/a |
| Kenosha Education Association | 262-654-2127 | 800-236-2127 |
| Kettle Moraine UniServ Council | 920-565-2913 | 800-834-7076 |
| Lakewood UniServ Council | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5843 |
| Madison Teachers Inc. | 608-257-0491 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association | 414-259-1990 | n/a |
| Northern Tier UniServ-East | 715-478-5500 | 800-688-2596 |
| Northern Tier UniServ-West | 715-634-2180 | 800-390-6007 |
| Northern Tier UniServ-Central | 715-369-2222 | 800-367-4901 |
| North Shore United Educators | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5844 |
| Northwest United Educators | 715-234-7049 | 800-472-6711 |
| Racine Education Association | 262-632-6181 | n/a |
| Rock Valley United Teachers | 608-756-0386 | 800-354-1843 |
| South Central Education Association | 608-356-2321 | n/a |
| South West Education Association | 608-348-2234 | 800-346-7932 |
| Southern Lakes United Educators | 262-763-8423 | 888-225-7583 |
| Three Rivers United Educators | 608-742-7147 | 800-845-6745 |
| TriWauk UniServ Council | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5845 |
| United Northeast Educators | 920-496-2440 | 800-472-5582 |
| United Technical College Council | 920-699-3266 | 888-412-3266 |
| WEAC Fox Valley | 920-731-1369 | n/a |
| West Central Education Association | 715-235-6808 | 800-472-6801 |
| West Suburban Council | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5846 |
| Winnebagoland UniServ | 920-923-2493 | 800-236-9887 |
Members belong to:
The local association (for example, the Beloit Education
Association) is the primary membership unit and deals with issues that
directly affect the compensation, working conditions and professional
interests of members. The local bargains a contract with its employer.
Locals also carry out a broad range of professional and community relations
programs. WEAC has 650
local affiliates.
A UniServ (short for Unified Services) is the regional association. The Beloit Education Association, for example, is affiliated with Rock Valley United Teachers, which is based in Janesville. The UniServ assists locals in bargaining, political action, public relations and many other areas.
A UniServ unit is a group of local associations, in the same geographic
region, whose com-bined membership generally totals about 1,200 to 1,500.
Each UniServ unit—in financial partnership with WEAC and the NEA—hires
its own staff to assist locals in collective bargaining, member rights,
public relations, professional development, political action, and other
areas. Each of the 35 units has its own gover-nance, with members electing
officers. Major policy and spending decisions are made at an annual Representative
Assembly. UniServs elect one representative for every 1,500 members to
serve on the WEAC Board of Directors.
Five large locals serve as their own UniServ unit—Milwaukee, Madison,
Racine, Kenosha, and Green Bay.
WEAC is the state-level association. Members run WEAC
through an annual Representative Assembly and a 64-member elected board
of directors that meets at least eight times a year. Each local is entitled
to one delegate to the Representative Assembly for each 50 members. At
the Representative Assembly, about 900 delegates make major policy decisions
and adopt a budget. RA delegates elect WEAC officers, including the full-time
president. The WEAC president oversees policy implementation on a daily
basis and is WEAC’s chief spokesperson. Currently,
Stan Johnson, a teacher from Stoughton, is serving his first year as president.
WEAC staff members, under the direction of the executive director, carry
out the policies of the organization on a day-to-day basis.
WEAC staff members work in five program centers: Executive/Governance,
the Office of General Council, the Center for Business Administration
and Resource Operations, the Center for Collective Bargaining, Advocacy
and Affiliate Relations, and
the Center for Public Affairs. Within each center are program campuses.
Members are involved directly in many decisions.
The National Education Association, based in Washington, D.C., is America’s oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. Founded in 1857, NEA now has more than 2.6 million members who work at every level of education, from pre-school to university graduate programs.
NEA’s work ranges from coordinating innovative
projects to restructuring how learning takes place to fighting congressional
attempts to privatize public education. The NEA, governed through an elected
Representative Assembly, provides national research and bargaining support,
legal support, political action and lobbying services, and a vast library
of books, brochures, pamphlets, videos and other communications services
on professional and educational issues. Among the services it offers are
on-the-job liability insurance, a monthly member newspaper, computer support,
and professional development opportunities.
Each level sets its own dues and determines how best to serve its members. Collectively, they are the United Education Profession.
Members also are represented internationally by the
NEA through
Education International, a worldwide coalition of education organizations.
Every member has the opportunity to elect local officers
and delegates to the UniServ, WEAC and NEA Representative Assemblies.
Members also vote on political action candidate recommendations. Associations
always need willing workers.
If you want more involvement, contact your local president and volunteer
in your area of interest.
Updated July 23, 2001