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Principles to Organize by…

Principles to Organize by…. Get there FIRST Get there MOST often LISTEN What do they want that you want? Organize the ORGANIZED PTA Churches Community Organizations. Bargaining for Real Reform. Be for something! WEA Bargaining Support Work Team Real v. Phony Reform

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Principles to Organize by…

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  1. Principles to Organize by… • Get there FIRST • Get there MOST often • LISTEN • What do they want that you want? • Organize the ORGANIZED • PTA • Churches • Community Organizations

  2. Bargaining for Real Reform • 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

  3. Coordinated Bargaining • 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?

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

  5. We can leave politics alone when politicians leave us alone… • School Board races • City/County? • Legislature (state/federal) • Governor • Candidate awareness • Communicate with politicians • They only know what they experience, or are told

  6. Social Media • 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

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

  8. What challenges are we facing now? • What outcomes do we seek?

  9. Who do you need to influence? • Who can you work with? • Who will oppose you?

  10. 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?

  11. Strategy – Local Planning • Power analysis • Mapping • Target identification • 5-column chart

  12. Local Planning Time

  13. Next Steps • Communication • When? • How? • Mutual Support • Commitments to one another? • Check-in? • What else will be helpful?

  14. Trainer Contact Info • 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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