AFT Resolution
DUTY-FREE LUNCH PERIOD
WHEREAS, a duty-free lunch period is a simple dictate of health, necessity, comfort, as well as mental and physical renewal; and
WHEREAS, teachers should have the right to the basic amenities which other citizens enjoy; and
WHEREAS, teachers are in many instances subjected to broken lunch periods, shortened lunch periods, lunch periods at unreasonable hours, no lunch period free of supervisory duties; and
WHEREAS, this situation is detrimental to teacher health and morale:
RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers encourage member locals and state federations to initiate legislation that will guarantee teachers a continuous and daily duty-free lunch period of at least thirty minutes.
(1958)