Constitution and By-Laws<\/h3>\n

The constitution and by-laws are the governing rules of PFT400<\/strong> and provide the framework for the organization\u2019s operations across the following objectives:<\/p>\n

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1. To develop in school and community a devotion to democracy.<\/em><\/li>\n
2. To promote full and equal educational opportunities for all.<\/em><\/li>\n
3. To secure and maintain cooperation and understanding among teacher, school, and community.<\/em><\/li>\n
4. To promote racial understanding and eliminate all forms of discrimination in our schools.<\/em><\/li>\n
5. To work in cooperation with other interested organizations to advance the interests of education, to improve the quality of education, and to secure legislation that will provide adequate financial support of the public school system.<\/em><\/li>\n
6. To advance the economic security and professional interests of teachers and other educational employees, and to secure their active participation in the formulation and administration of educational policies.<\/em><\/li>\n
7. To protect the rights of teachers and other educational employees.<\/em><\/li>\n
8. To act as representative of teachers and other educational employees in matters affecting these employees and the public schools.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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   The Current Union Documents Governing our PFT Members: Teachers and Other Professional Employees Collective Bargaining Agreement 2020 – 2024 Paraprofessional Collective Bargaining Agreement 2020 – 2024 Technical-Clerical Employees Collective Bargaining Agreement 2020 – 2024 ARCHIVE of documents previously governing our PFT Members.   Professional: Professional Collective Bargaining Agreement Ratified Changes with new Salaries 2020 – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n[downloads]\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5781"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10033,"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5781\/revisions\/10033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft400.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}