WSEU Demands


Washington State Educators Unite is a statewide coalition of educators and unionists who
work together to support our staff, students, and their families.
It is especially important now for Washington Educators to come together to ensure equitable
outcomes for our students during the Covid-19 closure.
The follow list of demands have been accepted by Washington State Educators Unite and
will shape planning for addressing student and staff needs in union and district discussions
as we determine what remote and continuous learning looks like moving forward:

 1. Address the needs of the whole student for the duration of school closures and throughout
the active transmission period:

 a. Support new and existing public programs to provide food, housing, health services,
and childcare for essential workers to meet basic needs such as [NAME LOCAL INITIATIVES]
     b. Pass all students with full credit during the closure to next year, grade, or course        
         when possible, and if not possible, eliminate punitive grading.

2. Protect workers' rights, health, and safety relating to closures and throughout the active transmission period:

     a. Ensure a continuity of pay, health care, retirement, and other benefits for all 
         education workers (subs, bus drivers, hourly working school staff, etc.)
b. Provide custodial staff, food workers, child care providers, healthcare workers, and other
essential staff hazard pay, protective gear, social distancing, and paid leave
c. Promote flexible telecommuting for all educators throughout the closure period, with clear
and meaningful work expectations that serve the specific purposes agreed to by collective bargaining, 
while remaining out of their school buildings until the active transmission period has passed.
d. Assure that all employees who took leave because they were ill or within an at-risk group prior to
closures have their leave reinstated and do not require any staff to use personal or sick leave
during the closure period

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