Articulo 19 Uft Ny Usa

ARTICLE NINETEEN
UNION ACTIVITIES, PRIVILEGES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Restriction on Union Activities
No teacher shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to
teaching or other duties, except that members of the Union’s negotiating committee and
its special consultants shall, upon proper application, be excused without loss of pay for
working time spent innegotiations with the Board or its representatives.
B. Time for Union Representatives
1. Chapter leaders shall be allowed time per week as follows for investigation of
grievances and for other appropriate activities relating to the administration of the
agreement and to the duties of their office:
a. In the elementary schools, four additional preparation periods.
b. In the junior high schools, andin the high schools, relief from professional activity
periods. In the junior high schools, chapter leaders shall be assigned the same number of
teaching periods as homeroom teachers.
c. The Union shall inform the Board each school year of the UFT chapter leaders in
large high schools who shall be relieved of one teaching period per day to perform the
duties and responsibilities of theirchapter leader positions. The Union shall reimburse
the Board for each such chapter leader who is so relieved at the rate of twenty percent of
the total employer cost of an entry level teacher, as more fully set forth in a separate
memorandum between the parties.
In addition to their other responsibilities, the duties and responsibilities referred to
herein specifically include those associatedwith the implementation of contractual
provisions and Board policy encouraging greater involvement of UFT-represented staff in
various professional initiatives. It is expected that UFT chapter leaders will play a vital
role in implementing these initiatives.
d. In those special education schools, buildings or sites formerly known as the special
day schools, day treatment centers andinstitutional settings, two additional preparation
periods.
e. The Chapter Leader of the Teachers Assigned, Education Administrators and
Education Analysts/Officers Chapter shall be allowed one-day per week for the
investigation of grievances of employees covered by this Article, and for other
appropriate activities relating to the administration of this Agreement and to the duties of
his/her office.2. Consistent with the needs of the school program, the principal in consultation with
the school’s chapter leader will arrange to provide appropriate space and facilities
(including but not limited to a desk, file and chairs) for the use of the school’s chapter
leader in carrying out the functions of the office.
3. District representatives and Union officers who are assigned to schools shallteach
one period per day and shall be excused after their teaching period. They shall also be
relieved of all homeroom and official classes.
The Union will reimburse the Board at the applicable coverage rate per period for the
loss of three teaching periods each day for district representatives and Union officers.
C. Leaves of Absence for Union Officers
Teachers Contract 6/1/2003-11/12/2007Article Nineteen - Union Activities, Privileges and Responsibilities
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Employees who are officers of the Union or who are appointed to its staff shall, upon
proper application, be given a leave of absence without pay for each school year during
the term of this Agreement for the purpose of performing legitimate duties for the Union.
Employees given leaves of absence without payshall receive credit toward annual salary
increments on the schedules appropriate to their rank. The Board agrees to recommend
to the Teachers’ Retirement Board that the time spent on leave of absence pursuant to this
section be granted as service credit for retirement purposes and that the employees
receiving such leave of absence be permitted to pay regular monthly contributions based
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