Delegate Assembly Resolutions 2004

Resolutions passed by the Delegate Assembly in 2004

• Resolution in Response to Chancellor’s Proposal to Extend Tenure Clock

• Resolution in Support of Intro. No. 271 New York City Equal Benefits Bill

• Resolution in Support of the March for Women’s Lives Sunday, April 25, 2004 in Washington DC

• Resolution Endorsing Demonstrations at the Republican National Convention  

• Resolution to Endorse John Kerry

• Resolution on the Presidential Campaign

• Resolution in Opposition to Student Test Scores in Faculty Evaluation Files

• Resolution for PSC Racial Diversity Advocate

• Resolution to Support the Colombia Teachers’ Strike October 12th

• Resolution For Dialog on Adjunct Workload Restrictions

• Resolution on Closing G.E.D. Sites 

• Resolution for Gene Plunkett, Former Chapter Chairperson of the Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC)

AFT Convention Resolutions

(Passed at May 27, 2004 DA for 2004 AFT Convention)

• Resolution For “Taxes 101”

• Resolution in Support of Free Higher Education

• Resolution in Support of H.R. 40: “The Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act”

• Resolution in Support of High Quality, Affordable Childcare

• Resolution in Support of HR 603, on the Status of Citizens of Montserrat Residing in the United States

• Resolution on a National Study of Best Practice Models for Employment of Contingent Faculty Nationwide

• Resolution on Public Education Institutions: To Insure Environmental Conditions that Promote Learning

• Resolution On Reviewing Institutional Accreditation and Standards Regarding Contingent-Academic Faculty

• Resolution on Saving Medicare

• Resolution on AFT and AARP

• Resolution on Brown vs. Board of Education

• Resolution in Support of S.1545 (DREAM Act) and H.R. 1648 (Student Adjustment Act)

• Resolution on Marriage Equality

• Resolution on Peer Review and the Co-Authorship of Scholarly Publications that Originate in Sanctioned Countries

• Resolution to Block Wal-Mart and Sam’s Clubs Expansion For Being Bad Neighbors: Imposing Costs on Communities and American Taxpayers

• Resolution to Boycott Wal-Mart and Sam’s Clubs For Its Anti-Labor Practices

• Resolution To Build Resources for Public Education and Roll Back Corporate Welfare and Corporate Tax Shelters

• Resolution To Oppose Bush Tax Favoritism and Support Fair Taxation In Support of Public Education

• Resolution on the Bush Administration Threats to Science and Scientific Integrity

• Resolution Opposing Section 633 of H.R. 3077, International Advisory Board in the International Studies in Higher Education Act

• Resolution on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and States’ misdirection of TANF Funding

• Resolution to Oppose Marriage Incentives in Reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) legislation

• Resolution to Protect Voting Rights

• Resolution to Safeguard Pensions Through Corporate Reform

• Resolution to Support Job Training and Education Alternatives for those on Public Assistance and All Low Income Workers

• Resolution on U.S. Policy in Iraq

• Resolution On Venezuela and The National Endowment For Democracy

NYSUT RA Resolutions

(Passed at December 16, 2004 DA for 2005 RA)

• Reaffirmation of Democratic Access to College

• Reaffirmation of Restoring Access to the City University of New York

• Reaffirmation of the Resolutions on Air Quality in Our Schools

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on Healthy Schools

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on Ergonomics

• Reaffirmation of Resolution on State and Federal Legislation of Healthcare Staffing

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on Protection from Genetic Discrimination

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on Preserving Public Education

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on Workers’ Compensation

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on Sales Tax of Laboratory Tests

• Reaffirmation of the Resolution on New York State Funding for Higher Education

• Resolution on Tenure

• Resolution in Support of the Safety and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE Act)

• Resolution on the Academic Bill of Rights (Student Bill of Rights)

• Resolution on Pharmaceutical Companies

• Resolution on Coca-Cola

• Resolution to Stop War Crimes and Ethnic Cleansing In Darfur

• Resolution to Protect Workers from Harassment and Abuse, Creating a Hostile Work Environment

• Resolution to Support Health Insurance And Universal Healthcare

• Resolution in Opposition to the College Access and Opportunity Act, H. R. 4283 Resolution for Paid Family Leave

• Resolution for Paid Family Leave

• Resolution on the Ethics Law

• Resolution in Opposition to Embargoed Materials

• Resolution for NYSUT to Widely Publicize Its Commitment To Establish Equity For Adjunct Faculty/Staff, Including but not Limited To Its Higher Education Omnibus Model Legislation

• Resolution on Academic Freedom at John Jay College/CUNY

• Resolution in Support of General Education Diploma (GED) Programs

• Resolution to Insure Women’s Access to Healthcare, Including Reproductive Healthcare

• Resolution to Reduce Localities’ Medicaid and Education Expenses

• Resolution to Oppose Punitive Credit Card Interest and Fee Schedules

• Resolution to Refund Child Tax Credit

• Resolution on Tax Fairness and Adequate Resources

• Resolution on Capping Medicare Part B and Part D Premiums

• Resolution on COLA Improvements

• Resolution on Supplying the Flu Vaccine

• Resolution on Improving Health Insurance for Retirees

• Resolution on the Inclusion of Retiree Concerns in the Negotiation Process

• Resolution on Long-Term Care Insurance

• Resolution on Medicare Aid for Home Care

• Resolution on Preserving Medicare as We Know It

• Resolution Against the Privatization of Social Security

• Resolution on Pre-Tax Dollars for Retiree Health Costs