Board Resolution
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of Advocates for Arts Based
Education Corporation (“Board”), duly convened on April 28, 2016, the following
resolution was proposed and approved by the Board:
WHEREAS the Board denied the petition of the United Teachers of Lusher, a division of
United Teachers of New Orleans (“UTL”) for voluntary recognition as a collective
bargaining unit by a vote of 6 to 5 on April 23, 2016;
WHEREAS the consensus opinion of the Board is to allow all of the Lusher teachers an
opportunity to be heard and to vote in a fair election;
WHEREAS the UTL filed a petition for an election by secret ballot with the National
Labor Relations Board on April 25, 2016;
WHEREAS the Board desires to ensure that all of the teachers at Lusher can and should
have an open, polite, rational discourse on the matter, free from any hostility, intimidation
or undue pressure from anyone; THEREFORE, be it
RESOLVED:
That the Board does not take a position either for or against a union at Lusher; and
That all Lusher employees are strictly prohibited from interfering with,
restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by federal and
state laws.
Signed
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Blaine Lecesne
President of the Board