A Message from our President - Marjean Rosen
Dear Fellow WETA Members,
As of last week, our members are being directly targeted by the Mackinac Center. They are sending emails encouraging members to opt out of their membership. This is a direct attack designed to make our union weaker and make it easier to privatize our public schools.
The emails are being sent to member District emails from an address that appears as ‘mypaymyway,’ but is really coming from the Mackinac Center. This group is part of the State Policy Network made up of corporate-funded lobbyists who support privatization of public schools and outlawing collective bargaining. If you received this email, know that it is part of a campaign by a known anti-union group designed to weaken our union because they know we are stronger together.
Their campaign is cynical, it is anti-worker, and it is anti-student. We are asking that you take action by:
We will have more information for you soon.
Standing strong together,
Sincerely,
Marjean Rosen
President, Whittier Elementary Teachers' Association
As of last week, our members are being directly targeted by the Mackinac Center. They are sending emails encouraging members to opt out of their membership. This is a direct attack designed to make our union weaker and make it easier to privatize our public schools.
The emails are being sent to member District emails from an address that appears as ‘mypaymyway,’ but is really coming from the Mackinac Center. This group is part of the State Policy Network made up of corporate-funded lobbyists who support privatization of public schools and outlawing collective bargaining. If you received this email, know that it is part of a campaign by a known anti-union group designed to weaken our union because they know we are stronger together.
Their campaign is cynical, it is anti-worker, and it is anti-student. We are asking that you take action by:
- Marking the ‘mypaymyway’ email spam.
- Reporting the spam to the Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General
- Sharing this information with every local member you know.
We will have more information for you soon.
Standing strong together,
Sincerely,
Marjean Rosen
President, Whittier Elementary Teachers' Association
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New Information is available:
WETA is constantly uploading new information on our website to provide you with the most current information. Please check out the following items:
* Retirement - Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 3:45 at Double Tree by Hilton Whittier 7320 Greenleaf Ave
* Salary Information is available
* California Casualty 2017 Academic Award Application
* 2018 - 2019 Calendar is available (Go to Resources, Calendar)
* Also, join us on Facebook at Whittier Elementary Teachers' Association
* Retirement - Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 3:45 at Double Tree by Hilton Whittier 7320 Greenleaf Ave
* Salary Information is available
* California Casualty 2017 Academic Award Application
* 2018 - 2019 Calendar is available (Go to Resources, Calendar)
* Also, join us on Facebook at Whittier Elementary Teachers' Association
CTA Information
As anticipated, the funders and supporters of Janus have wasted no time in trying to use the flawed SCOTUS decision to encourage our members to drop their CTA membership. We’ve had reports from multiple chapters of anti-worker groups using district email addresses to send links to an online printable drop-form. So far, the Minnesota-based, DeVos Family, Koch Bros-funded Mackinac group has been the source of most of these, and they’ve set up a site called mypaymysay.com that will both generate a printable drop form and allow them to collect personal contact information about our members. They’ve also launched paid social media ads that are showing up on some of our members’ feeds.
- Get sample emails, flyers and see videos to help you set the record straight about these attacks at www.cta.org/UnionStrong.
- Please report any new drop campaign activity to your primary contact staff so we will be quickly alerted to any new efforts or tactics.
- Work with your school district to flag drop campaign use of district email servers as spam.
- Make sure you follow the new CTA drop procedures outlined in our Membership Processing Toolkit for any members choosing to opt-out of the union.
- Remember to have one-on-one conversations with those who are considering dropping and also with former fair-share payers who are now all potential members.
- If you missed our Janus tele townhall on decision day, you can listen to the recording here. The Q&A begins 19 minutes into the recording.
In solidarity,
California Teachers Association
The preeminent voice for educators and students in California's public schools and colleges.
Learn more at www.cta.org.