The WEA is the dominant teacher union in Washington. In the current legislative session the WEA has been under attack by conservatives and blue dogs.  In the newspapers the WEA has been maligned as the body that is holding back education reform. There is more to it than what the legislative hearings, the public correspondence and the newspaper accounts have covered. Read Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel for a perspective provided by a member of Washington State’s higher education faculty union.