Membership in the Westfield Teachers Association should be important to you but more importantly, your being a part of our organization is very important to us.
Educators work best when everyone contributes fully to the success of the organization.
WCTA will continue to negotiate contracts and dialog with the educational leaders of the corporation, but absent your active support there are limits to how effective and persuasive we can be. The most common response given as to why people don't join teacher unions is that they don't want their dues going to political candidates. None of the dues paid to the N.E.A. or the I.S.T.A. can be legally contributed toward the campaign expenses of national or state candidates. It is true that the N.E.A. and I.S.T.A. actively campaign to support political issues that favor public education and from time to time that may appear to benefit one political party over the other. But it is simply untrue that your dues will be contributed to the D.N.C. or R. N.C. or any individual politician.