Teachers remain on strike in seven districts – more are possible
Headed into Labor Day Weekend, educators in seven Washington school districts are on strike to win competitive pay raises.
“I’ve never gone on strike before,” said Tiffany Schumaker, a teacher at Mountain View High School in the Evergreen School District. “It’s super-encouraging, the community support we’ve had this week.”
Schumaker said striking educators are taking a stand for what’s right.
“Teachers have been paid too little for too long,” she said.
Teachers are on strike in Vancouver, Evergreen, Ridgefield, Hockinson, Battle Ground, Washougal and Longview. WEA members, parents and supporters in each of the seven districts can email their school boards and superintendents on this WEA page.
“We need professional pay that is commensurate with other careers,” said Vancouver teacher Darlene Harris, a teacher since 1975. “The money is there, but I do not feel valued.”
Educators in a number of other districts have voted to strike next week if their superintendents don’t offer fair contract settlements by the start of school. They include Monroe, Wapato, Stanwood-Camano, Puyallup and Sumner.
Educators have a historic opportunity to negotiate significant pay raises this year, thanks to $2 billion in additional salary funded allocated by the Legislature because of the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision. Competitive, professional pay is needed to attract and keep caring, qualified teachers and support staff for our students. Without competitive pay, school districts run the risk of lose educators to higher-paying professions or school districts.
Here is the map showing settlements and strikes. (Seattle and Bethel EAs announced tentative agreements tonight, Aug. 31.)
WEA local unions still in negotiations as of Aug. 31:
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Aberdeen EA |
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Anacortes Administrative Assts Assn |
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Anacortes EA |
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Anacortes Para Educator Organization |
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Anacortes Tec/Info Profs |
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Arlington EA |
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Battle Ground EA |
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Bellingham Assn School Employees |
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Camas Assoc Educ Office Professionals |
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Camas EA |
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Cape Flattery EA |
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Centerville EA |
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Central Valley EA |
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Centralia EA |
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Cheney EA |
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Chewelah CPEA |
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Chewelah EA |
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Cle Elum-Roslyn EA |
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Clover Park, ESP of |
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Colfax ESP |
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Colton EA |
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Conway EA |
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Creston EA |
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Davenport EA |
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Deer Park EA |
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Dieringer CPEA |
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East Valley Yakima EA |
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Easton EA |
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Easton Support Personnel Assoc. |
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Eatonville EA |
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Ellensburg EA |
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Endicott Teachers Association |
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Enumclaw EA |
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Evergreen EA |
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Forks EA/Quillayute |
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Franklin Pierce ESP |
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Garfield-Palouse EA |
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Grand Coulee Dam EA |
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Grandview EA |
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Granger EA |
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Grapeview EA |
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Griffin EA |
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Harrington EA |
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Highland EA |
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Hockinson EA |
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Hockinson ESP |
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Hoquiam Teachers Assoc |
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Inchelium EA |
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Kent Assn of Paraeducators |
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Kettle Falls EA |
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Kittitas EA |
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Klickitat EA |
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Lake Stevens EA |
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Lakewood EA |
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Liberty EA |
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Lind EA |
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Loon Lake EA |
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Lopez EA |
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Lyle EA |
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Lynden EA |
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Mabton EA |
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Mary M Knight EA |
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Mead CPEA |
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Mead CTA |
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Mercer Island EA |
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Meridian EA |
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Monroe EA |
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Montesano EA |
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Mount Pleasant EA |
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Mount Vernon ESA |
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Naches Valley EA |
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Nespelem EA |
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North Beach EA |
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North Kitsap Transportion Employees |
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North Thurston EA |
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Ocosta EA |
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Olympia EAPA |
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Olympia ParaEducators Assoc |
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Olympia Technical Professional Admin Assoc |
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Onalaska CPEA |
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Orcas EA |
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Orting EA |
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Port Angeles Educ. Office Professionals |
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Port Angeles Para Educator Assoc. |
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Prescott EA |
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Pullman Paraprofessionals |
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Pullman Secretaries |
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Puyallup EA |
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Puyallup Educational Support Professionals |
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Queets-Clearwater A/L |
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Rainier EA |
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Raymond EA |
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Reardan-Edwall EA |
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Renton ESP |
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Renton Professional-Technical Assoc. |
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Republic CPEA |
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Republic EA |
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Ridgefield CPEA |
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Ridgefield EA |
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Ritzville EA |
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Riverside EA |
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Rosalia EA |
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Royal EA |
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San Juan EA |
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Seattle EA |
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Selah Educational Office Personnel |
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Shoreline Children's Center |
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Shoreline ESPA |
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Snohomish EA |
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Snoqualmie Valley Administrative Secretaries |
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Soap Lake EA |
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South Bend EA |
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South Whidbey EA |
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Southside EA |
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Sprague-Lamont A/L |
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Stanwood-Camano EA |
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Stevenson-Carson EA |
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Sumner EA |
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Tacoma EA |
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Taholah EA |
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Tenino EA |
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Thorp EA |
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Thorp ESP |
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Trout Lake EA |
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Tukwila EA |
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Tumwater Assoc of Paraprofessionals |
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Tumwater EA |
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Tumwater Office Personnel Assoc. |
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Union Gap EA |
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University Place Classified Assoc. |
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University Place Office Professionals |
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Upper Skagit Valley EA |
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Vancouver EA |
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Vancouver Educ. Support Professionals |
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Walla Walla Valley EA - College Place Chapter |
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Wapato Assoc. Educ. Office Personnel |
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Wapato EA |
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Wapato Pupil Personnel |
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Washougal Assoc. of Educators |
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West Valley Educ. Secretaries Assoc. |
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West Valley Yakima EA |
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White Salmon EA |
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Wilbur CPEA |
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Wilbur Teachers Association |
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Willapa Valley EA |
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Wishkah Valley EA |
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Wishram EA |
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Yakima Assoc of Building Services |
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Yakima Assoc. of Paraeducators |
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Yakima Educational Office Personnel |
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Yakima Professional/Technical Assoc. |
