• Get there FIRST• Get there MOST often• LISTEN– What do they want that you want?

• Organize the ORGANIZED– PTA– Churches– Community Organizations

Principles to Organize by…

• Be for something!• WEA Bargaining Support Work Team– Real v. Phony Reform– Bargaining Real Reform

• CSD Goals– Seek a positive agenda– Position bargaining as a vehicle

• Be visible– Communications (internal, external)– No steenkin’ ground rules

Bargaining for Real Reform

• WEA Board Policy

• How can you establish CBC goals to address these issues?

• What strategies can you use with other CBC units?

• How can you support surrounding locals?

Coordinated Bargaining

• Use the language you have to insist on productive working conditions and a quality education

Contract Enforcement

• School Board races• City/County?• Legislature (state/federal)• Governor• Candidate awareness• Communicate with politicians– They only know what they experience, or are told

We can leave politics alone when politicians leave us alone…

• Where do you get your information?

• Where do the educators in your building get their information?

• Where do the parents get their information?

• Use as many ways of communication as you can sustain!

• Opinions are changed with relationships and social media can enhance relationships

Social Media

• “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will do.”

Strategery

• What challenges are we facing now?

• What outcomes do we seek?

• Who do you need to influence?

• Who can you work with?

• Who will oppose you?

• How can you inform and engage your members and community partners to take action?

• What action steps can you take to move decision-makers toward your goals?– When will you take these steps?• What will happen if you do?• What will happen if you don’t?

• Power analysis

• Mapping

• Target identification

• 5-column chart

Strategy – Local Planning

GOALS RESOURCES ALLIES/BLOCKERS TARGETEDDECISION-MAKER

TACTICS

Local Planning Time

• Communication– When?

– How?

• Mutual Support– Commitments to one another?

– Check-in?

• What else will be helpful?

Next Steps

• Mike McNett– mmcnett@washingtonea.org – 253.765.7098

• Kathleen Heiman– kheiman@washingtonea.org – 425.440.6161

• Alan Sutliff– asutliff@washingtonea.org– 425.440.6161

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