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UniServ / Urban Local |
Phone # |
Toll Free # |
| Bayland Educators | 920-496-2440 | 800-472-5582 |
| Capital Area UniServ - North | 608-255-2400 | 800-397-2287 |
| Capital Area UniServ - South | 608-838-2261 | 800-728-2287 |
| Cedar Lake United Educators | 262-338-6128 | 800-924-1017 |
| Central Wis. UniServ Co. | 715-693-1740 | 800-472-0010 |
| Coulee Region United Educators | 608-781-1234 | 800-753-0987 |
| Council #1/State Professional Ed. & Info. Council | 608-256-4730 | 800-853-4730 |
| Council #10 | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5842 |
| Eau Claire Association of Educators | 715-835-1916 | |
| Green Bay Education Association | 920-468-4232 | |
| Kenosha Education Association | 262-654-2127 | 800-236-2127 |
| Kettle Moraine UniServ Council | 920-565-2913 | |
| Lakewood UniServ Council | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5843 |
| Madison Teachers Inc. | 608-257-0491 | |
| Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association | 414-259-1990 | |
| North Shore United Educators | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5844 |
| Northern Tier UniServ (Main Office: Rhinelander) |
715-369-2222 | 800-367-4901 |
| Northern Tier UniServ (Regional Office; Hayward) | 715-634-2180 | 800-390-6007 |
| Northwest United Educators | 715-234-7049 | 800-472-6711 |
| Racine Education Association | 262-632-6181 | |
| Rock Valley Education Professionals |
608-756-0386 | 800-354-1843 |
| South Central Education Association | 608-356-2321 | |
| South West Education Association | 608-348-2234 | 800-346-7932 |
| Southern Lakes United Educators | 262-763-8423 | 888-225-7583 |
| Three Rivers United Educators | 608-742-7147 | 800-845-6745 |
| TriWauk UniServ Council | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5845 |
| United Northeast Educators | 920-496-2440 | 800-472-5582 |
| United Technical College Council | 920-699-3266 | 888-412-3266 |
| WEAC-Fox Valley | 920-731-1369 | |
| West Central Education Association | 715-235-6808 | 800-472-6801 |
| West Suburban Council | 262-789-6000 | 800-403-5846 |
| Winnebagoland UniServ | 920-923-2493 | 800-236-9887 |
How is WEAC Structured?
You join education employees across Wisconsin combining wisdom, strength and resources. Our union structure consists of four levels. Collectively, we are the United Education Profession.
The local union (for example, the Reedsburg Education Association) is the primary membership unit and is responsible for issues that directly affect the compensation, working conditions and professional interests of members. The local bargains a contract with its employer. Locals also carry out a broad range of professional and community relations programs. WEAC has about 650 local affiliates.
A UniServ (Unified Services) unit is a group of local associations, in the same
geographic region, whose combined membership generally totals between 1,200 and
1,500. The Beaver Dam Support Staff Association, for example, is affiliated with
Winnebagoland UniServ, based in Fond du Lac.
Each UniServ unit – in financial partnership with WEAC and the NEA – hires staff
to assist locals in collective bargaining, member rights, public relations, professional
development, political action and other areas. Each of the units has its own elected
governance. UniServs elect one representative for every 1,200 members to serve on the
WEAC Board of Directors.
Five large locals serve as their own UniServ units: Milwaukee, Madison, Racine,
Kenosha and Green Bay.
The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) is the state-level union run through an annual Representative Assembly and a 64-member elected board of directors that make policy and budgetary decisions, as well as elect leadership. There are approximately 98,000 members statewide who work at every level of education, from preschool to university graduate programs.
The WEAC president oversees policy implementation and is the chief spokesperson. Currently, Mary Bell, a library media specialist from Wisconsin Rapids, is president; Guy Costello, a teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in South Milwaukee, is serving as vice president; and Betsy Kippers, a physical education teacher in the Racine Unified School District, is secretary-treasurer. Executive Director Dan Burkhalter oversees WEAC staff members in carrying out the policies of the organization.
The National Education Association (NEA), based in Washington, D.C., and governed through an elected Representative Assembly, provides national research and bargaining support, legal support, political action and lobbying services and professional development resources. There are more than 3.2 million members in the nation. Members are also represented internationally by the NEA through Education International, a worldwide coalition of education groups.
Updated September 5, 2008
