Lubbock Educators Association also represents
teachers on a local level. We were
the only organization to take a salary
proposal to Superintendent Havens during the summer. LEA’s proposal
included $500 more across-the-board for all levels of experienced teachers
than was being considered. Our salary proposal was the one approved by
the school board. Every year LEA negotiates for pay raises for educators
that more than cover the cost of association dues. Our members also have
access on a local level to a teacher member with more than 20 years
experience assisting members with grievances and other problems. LEA/TSTA/
NEA is the winning combination for the professional educator!
Lubbock Educators Association is proud to be an
integral part of TSTA’s effort to secure better salaries, benefits, and
rights for today’s public school educators, including our educational
support personnel. TSTA has long been in the forefront of improving the
opportunities for Texas children by improving the climate in which
teachers work. Many of the benefits we currently enjoy in our public
schools are in place due to the combined efforts of LEA, TSTA, and NEA.
All three of these organizations are vigilant in guaranteeing that no one
takes them away from you. This past spring, more than 20,000 calls were
made by TSTA members to successfully block bills detrimental to public
education that were being introduced in the Texas Legislature. The
advanced phone system used in this campaign was made possible by $500,000
contributed by NEA to help TSTA fight this bad legislation. We are
actively engaged at this time in preventing this bad legislation from
becoming law as riders to the public school finance bill that will be
introduced in Austin this spring. LEA has been signing up new members
this fall who have switched from other organizations because they have
seen who is most involved in the fight for educators’ rights and public
education. It is imperative that educators and educational support
personnel stand together against the attacks on public education at both
the state and national level. Combined with the resources of TSTA/NEA,
LEA can made a positive difference.
