TEACHER INTERNS

WHEREAS, the Government of the United States has seen fit to establish a National Teacher Corps; and

WHEREAS, the National Teacher Corps will employ Teaching Interns; and

WHEREAS, Teaching Interns will be subject to dismissal with one week's notice; and

WHEREAS, the American Federation of Teachers seeks to maintain protection of all members of the teaching profession; and

WHEREAS, Teaching Interns, because of their temporary status, are most in need of union protection; and

WHEREAS, the interests of the American Federation of Teachers can best be maintained where union experience is obtained at the beginning of the teaching career:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers shall actively seek to recruit said Teaching Interns:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers alter its governing laws to allow Teaching Interns to take an active part in the democratic functions of the American Federation of Teachers.