GREEN BAY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

GREEN BAY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IS A LABOR ASSOCIATION, WHICH ADVOCATES RESPECT AND SUPPORT FOR QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALSO PROMOTES PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH AND ECONOMIC WELFARE FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS.THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GREEN BAY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SHALL BE: TO WORK FOR THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL; TO AID EDUCATORS REPRESENTED BY THIS ASSOCIATION, IN OBTAINING IMPROVED WAGES, HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS; AND TO PROMOTE THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS BY EVERY LAWFUL MEANS; TO PROMOTE HIGH ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE EDUCATION PROFESSION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT OF ITS MEMBERS AND FOR THEIR MUTUAL CONCERN, AID AND WELFARE; TO FURTHER PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY WITHIN OUR ASSOCIATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND COMMUNITY; TO ENCOURAGE RECRUITMENT, PARTICIPATION AND RETENTION OF EDUCATORS WHO REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY; TO ENABLE MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH A COMMON VOICE ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE EDUCATION PROFESSION AND TO PRESENT THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMON INTERESTS BEFORE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OTHER LEGAL AUTHORITIES; TO DEVELOP AMONG THE PROFESSION AND THE PUBLIC A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE AREA OF EDUCATORS' RIGHTS; TO ADVANCE THE CIVIL AND ACADEMIC RIGHTS OF THE EDUCATION PROFESSION; TO ENCOURAGE ALL EDUCATORS, REGARDLESS OF SUCH FACTORS AS RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, AND OTHER FACTORS IDENTIFIED BY LAW AS SUBJECTS OF ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION, TO SHARE EQUALLY IN THE FULL BENEFITS OF THIS ORGANIZATION; TO SECURE LEGISLATION WHICH WILL SAFEGUARD AND PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE BARGAINING, AND THE RIGHTS OF EDUCATORS, AND TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION HOSTILE TO THESE OBJECTIVES; TO PROMOTE AND USE ALL APPROPRIATE MEDIA, TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE EDUCATION PROFESSION AND THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION THROUGH EDUCATION AND OTHER LAWFUL MEANS; TO SAFEGUARD THE DEMOCRATIC CHARACTER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE EDUCATION PROFESSION, AND ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION; TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATORS TO REGISTER AND VOTE, AND TO EXERCISE THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP AND TO PERFORM THEIR RIGHTFUL PART IN THE POLITICAL LIFE OF LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL COMMUNITIES, WHILE PRESERVING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE EDUCATORS AND THE EDUCATION PROFESSION FROM POLITICAL CONTROL. AND TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PERMITTED TO A LABOR ORGANIZATION BY LAW IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTIVES SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE; TO PROMOTE THE HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EDUCATIONAL WELFARE WITH EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS; TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION BY SUPPORTING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTION; TO WORK TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH EQUITY AT THE FOREFRONT.