The Collective Bargaining Team is dedicated and committed to the belief that teachers and school staff can make a significant contribution to improving public education to provide our children with the best opportunities to master the skills they will need to succeed.
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The CB Team slate won a majority of PFT members' votes in the 2018 Delegate Election. CB Team delegates will represent the PFT at the 2018 AFT Convention and 2019 AFT-PA Convention.
About Collective Bargaining Team
CB Priorities
We will help our public schools become centers of their communities, secure a voice and respect for those closest to the classroom, and fulfill public education’s purpose as a propeller of our economy.
Our Partners
The Collective Bargaining Team is dedicated and committed to the belief that Philadelphia Public School teachers and school staff can make a significant contribution to improving public education to provide our children with the best opportunities to master the skills they will need to succeed.
Over the past several years,
By mobilizing members and working with our political and community allies, the PFT, under the leadership of the CB Team.
- Successfully fought in court to stop the District’s October 2014 attempt to cancel the PFT contract and impose exorbitant healthcare premiums on Philly’s educators.
- Pressured the District to address school building conditions, such as mold and heating issues.
- Mobilized thousands of Philadelphia Educators to elect pro-public education, pro-union candidates, including City Councilwoman At-Large Helen Gym, Mayor Jim Kenney, and Governor Tom Wolf.
- Fought to bring clean drinking water to students in Philly’s schools
- Worked with the Mayor’s Office to bring the first Community Schools to Philadelphia.
- Fought to restore and compensate school counselors who were improperly laid off by the District.
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