Platform

A democratic union that functions with transparency.
1. Membership will have active oversight of bargaining.
2. The bargaining team will be accountable - making regular reports to the Executive Board and Assembly, seeking membership input and direction.
3. All changes in workday, wages and benefits will be voted on by the full membership. We will have open and thorough discussion on any changes in dues: where the money will go, how it will benefit members.
4. All resolutions passed and minutes taken during Executive Board and Assembly Meetings will be posted in a timely manner on the UESF website.

A union that defends the rights of ALL its members.
1. We believe in equal rights to pay increases for paraprofessionals, substitutes, child development and K-12 teachers.
2. Union leadership will spend more time in the school and work sites finding out what members concerns are and taking action.
3. We seek to defend and expand the number of paraprofessionals working in SFUSD.
4. Protect teachers from subjective evaluations.

Social justice for all: educators, families and students.
1. We will engage in dialogue with families about a long-range vision for public education and what education could look like.
2. We oppose the attempts to reintroduce JROTC to our schools. We will be active participants in the antiwar movement.
3. We will defend the rights of all immigrant families to live and work in San Francisco free of harassment from ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
4. We oppose school closings.

Empowering members at their school sites.
1. Union leadership will visit school sites and take an active approach to building strong UBCs.
2. Real reform starts at the school sites--- not at 555 Franklin. Encourage members to take action where they work to improve education and working conditions.
3. We will lead and encourage discussions on issues that matter to our membership in addition to the contract--- pedagogy, school climate and discipline, building community-school relationships, etc.
4. We absolutely oppose using test scores alone to measure the success of students or educators –- Rewrite ESEA(Elementary and Secondary Education Act) and end NCLB (No Child Left Behind).

The defense of public education and the public sector through progressive taxation.
1. We will build relationships and emphasize strategic actions with other unions and public sector stakeholders to build and fund a new vision for social justice and equity.
2. We will work to change how schools are funded and fight to transform Prop 13 to adequately fund public schools and social services.
3. No merit pay! We will fight to stop the privatization of any aspect of public schools and help existing charter
schools to unionize.