Washington Part-Time Faculty Association Urges Veto of Section 5 of 2ESSB 5194

by Keith Hoeller For nearly a decade, the American Federation of Teachers and the Washington Education Association have sought to replace the part-time faculty they represent with the full-time faculty they prefer instead. They have been losing members and nearly all the full-timers join the unions and pay higher dues because of their higher salaries. The majority of part-timers do not join the unions.   The AFT and WEA have come to Olympia with legislation seeking funds to convert part-time positions to full-time positions. They do not seek to promote actual part-timers to full-timers. They have been unsuccessful until this […]