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WESPA NEEDS YOUR HELP!
WESPA is made up of the Teacher Assistants, Nurses, Secretaries, and Kitchen Staff that serve the students of Westmont District 201. Many of these people live in this community and are your friends and neighbors.
Negotiation discussions with the District & WESPA have been ongoing since June 23, 2015, and WESPA has been working without a contract for the past year. A tentative agreement was reached on September 17, 2015, and was voted down by more than two-thirds of the WESPA members on October 7, 2015.
Since the current round of negotiations began in December 2015,WESPA has made multiple significant reductions in each of our negotiation proposals while the District has only increased their original salary proposal by less than a quarter of a percent. At our last negotiation meeting on June 3, 2016, WESPA and the District each presented their final settlement offers. The District declined WESPA’s offer to set additional meeting dates to continue working through the negotiation process with the Federal Mediator.
WESPA salary increases have averaged 1.6% over the last 6 years, which has not kept pace with the cost of living. WESPA members' current average salary is only$18,000. During this same period of time, increases for our teachers and administrators have averaged 5%.
As an integral part of the Westmont 201 District, our group of employees has provided a consistent foundation of support for our students, staff, schools, and community. WESPA is now asking that our employee group be treated with the same respect and equity as our teachers and administrators.
Please sign our petition as a show of your support - we would greatly appreciate it!
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July 6, 2016
I carry the weight of these colleagues with me every single day because I know exactly how hard they work for our kids on such limited pay. The district remains quiet while our families struggle to pay bills on these outdated wages. We are not backing down until the people who keep our schools running get the respect they deserve.
July 6, 2016
Seeing this kind of momentum reminds me that our neighbors truly value the people who serve our children every single day. I find myself reading through your messages of encouragement and feeling a renewed sense of hope for my colleagues who have been stuck in this fight for far too long.
6 Comments
Total disrespect to the staff. They are the backbone of the district and they are being ignored.
This whole thing is a joke. The district should be ashamed of themselves for dragging this out for a year.
Our nurses and aides deserve way better than this. They work so hard but get treated like they dont matter.
Ridiculous. These people help our kids every day and do so much for the school. Give them a fair raise.
Pay them more!!!!! Seriously.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
WESPA NEEDS YOUR HELP!
WESPA is made up of the Teacher Assistants, Nurses, Secretaries, and Kitchen Staff that serve the students of Westmont District 201. Many of these people live in this community and are your friends and neighbors.
Negotiation discussions with the District & WESPA have been ongoing since June 23, 2015, and WESPA has been working without a contract for the past year. A tentative agreement was reached on September 17, 2015, and was voted down by more than two-thirds of the WESPA members on October 7, 2015.
Since the current round of negotiations began in December 2015,WESPA has made multiple significant reductions in each of our negotiation proposals while the District has only increased their original salary proposal by less than a quarter of a percent. At our last negotiation meeting on June 3, 2016, WESPA and the District each presented their final settlement offers. The District declined WESPA’s offer to set additional meeting dates to continue working through the negotiation process with the Federal Mediator.
WESPA salary increases have averaged 1.6% over the last 6 years, which has not kept pace with the cost of living. WESPA members' current average salary is only$18,000. During this same period of time, increases for our teachers and administrators have averaged 5%.
As an integral part of the Westmont 201 District, our group of employees has provided a consistent foundation of support for our students, staff, schools, and community. WESPA is now asking that our employee group be treated with the same respect and equity as our teachers and administrators.
Please sign our petition as a show of your support - we would greatly appreciate it!
** Your home & email address will NOT be shared by WESPA **
Updates
July 6, 2016
I carry the weight of these colleagues with me every single day because I know exactly how hard they work for our kids on such limited pay. The district remains quiet while our families struggle to pay bills on these outdated wages. We are not backing down until the people who keep our schools running get the respect they deserve.
July 6, 2016
Seeing this kind of momentum reminds me that our neighbors truly value the people who serve our children every single day. I find myself reading through your messages of encouragement and feeling a renewed sense of hope for my colleagues who have been stuck in this fight for far too long.
6 Comments
18 grand is nothing. How are these people supposed to live in Westmont. Pay them what they are worth already.
Total disrespect to the staff. They are the backbone of the district and they are being ignored.
This whole thing is a joke. The district should be ashamed of themselves for dragging this out for a year.
Our nurses and aides deserve way better than this. They work so hard but get treated like they dont matter.
Ridiculous. These people help our kids every day and do so much for the school. Give them a fair raise.
Pay them more!!!!! Seriously.
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18 grand is nothing. How are these people supposed to live in Westmont. Pay them what they are worth already.