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Watertown Educators Association

An affiliate of the Massachusetts Teachers Association

WEA Brag Sheet

BRAG Sheet

WHAT DOES YOUR UNION DO FOR YOU?

Benefits

Resources

Achievements

Goals

● Support and protection of your professional rights (teachers, educator specialists and IAs) as a Watertown Employee, both through collective bargaining and on an individual, as-needed basis.●  Salary and benefits negotiation

●  Access to MTA legal services as needed

●  Insurance: ​Home, auto, life etc.

●  Discounts on goods and services

●  Weingarten Rights: Your right to have representation in any meeting with Administration

●  Through MTA: affordable PD, scholarships for teachers, classroom grants, and the annual banquet and recognition of colleagues

● MTA Benefits Discounts: Take advantage of more than 350,000 discounts nationwide, including 250,000 mobile offers with Access. 

●The WEA is made up of a President, an Executive Board, and a group of dedicated building-based representatives who are there to help you with workplace questions and concerns.●  Building Representatives & PR&R Representatives
whose job it is to protect your rights

● MTA and NEA: The statewide and national structures have dedicated staff to help represent your concerns in workplace issues. They also advocate for you  on a variety of legislative issues.

●  Ongoing PD opportunities–MTA Summer Conference

●  Certification and Licensure assistance

●  Informational building and district meetings

● STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: We continue to work to provide student scholarships to our member’s children and WPS students for higher education.

 ●CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS: Successfully negotiated 3-year successor contracts for all 3 units in the Watertown Educators Association.

 ●PARENTAL LEAVE: We successfully negotiated 12 weeks  parental leave for all units: 4 weeks are paid without using any sick time.

 ● TEACHER EVALUATIONS: Successfully negotiated improved language for our educator evaluation instrument.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: We provided $1000 in grocery store gift cards  to WPS families in need. 

● MEMBERSHIP INVOLVEMENT AND ACTIVISM: Together, we have worked to pass the Fair Share Amendment winning 2 billion in funding for public schools and transportation. 

 ●Working together with regional bargaining council to share resources and combine efforts for bargaining.● Building stronger bonds. We will work to develop an even closer membership connection so that each and every one of our members feels that they are connected to a strong, informed, influential and effective union.

●To continue to improve communication through newsletters, social media, face to face conversations, and our WEA Website.

●Successfully complete negotiations for all three WEA successor contracts before they expire in June 2025!

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