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Delegates to the 2007 WEAC Representative Assembly approved four New Business Items. They are:
Hortonville
The WEAC shall not consider the affiliation of the Hortonville local or its potential membership until all of the original strikebreakers are no longer employed in the teachers’ bargaining unit by the Hortonville School District. The WEAC will not merge or formally affiliate with the AFT-Wisconsin while there are any strikebreakers employed in the teachers’ bargaining unit by the Hortonville School District and the Hortonville teachers are affiliated with AFT-Wisconsin. However, this does not prohibit the organizations from working on joint projects or purchasing services from one another provided that such are not related to this issue. This policy is to be reviewed annually by the Representative Assembly.
UniServ Licensing Centers
WEAC Teaching & Learning will support UniServs and the Eau Claire Association of Educators to become UniServ Licensing Centers to assist new and veteran members with the development and verification of Professional Development Plans and other aspects of PI34.
Mandatory Kindergarten
The Wisconsin Education Association will support and actively seek legislation to change pupil attendance in kindergarten from permissive to mandatory.
Revenue Caps
The 2007 WEAC Representative Assembly recognizes the need to broaden both the awareness of the disastrous effects of the revenue caps on Wisconsin’s children and the support for their removal. To that end:
1) It directs the WEAC President to seek the participation by other state level union leaders in the June 19th Lobby Day, and to send letters to all local/UniServ presidents to seek the participation of local union labor leaders in this event as well.
2) It authorizes and recommends to the new WEAC President that she/he call an emergency meeting of all WEAC members willing and able to come when and if she/he believes it will most effectively focus public attention on the funding crisis and pressure the Legislature to repeal the revenue cap laws.
Posted April 23, 2007