A.  The Schools and the Union will not discriminate against or show preferential treatment toward any employee or member because of creed, race, sex, color, national origin, union activity, or lack thereof, membership or non-membership in the Union.

B.  No employee may be asked to attend a meeting of a disciplinary nature with the school or diocesan administration without the opportunity of having a representative of the Union present.   Such an employee shall be advised in writing of the nature of the meeting if it will, or may, lead to disciplinary action against him/her.

C.  In each school, the members of the Union shall designate one of their members as  delegate for purposes of liaison among faculty members and between members of the Union and the local school administration in matters pertaining to the administration and application of this contract and other matters of mutual concern.

D.  The president or his/her designee from the Union's executive committee or board of delegates shall have free access to the Schools insofar as he/she may enter the schools without permission but must notify the local School administration of his/her presence in the building.  He/she may consult with any member of the staff or administration of the Schools privately, as long as such consultation does not interfere with the school schedule in operation.

E.  Local school membership meetings may be held on school premises outside the school day.

F.  Notice of such meetings shall be given to the principal at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance.  The principal shall schedule the meetings at reasonable times.

G.  Permission for general membership or board of delegates meeting on school premises must be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent by the Union's representative at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of such meetings.  Such permission shall be on the same terms and conditions as permission to non-school organizations.

H.  An employee's personnel file shall be used as a report of his/her documented performance and shall be kept in a place accessible only to the Bishop of the Diocese, superintendent, assistant superintendents, presidents and principals.  Proper reports relating to special competencies, academic, civil, and social achievements should also be placed in the file.  An employee may examine his/her personnel file at his request.  The employee shall acknowledge his/her examination of the file in writing and shall have the right to answer any material.  Such answers shall be included in the file.

I.  No material detrimental to the employee's record or derogatory to his/her conduct, service, character, or personality shall be placed in his/her personnel file unless the employee has had a dated copy given to him/her.  The employee shall acknowledge that he/she has read such material by affixing his/her signature on the copy to be filed with the understanding that his/her signature merely signifies that he/she has read such material and does not necessarily indicate agreement with its content.  The employee shall have the right to answer any such material filed, and his/her answer shall be attached to that material.  Anonymous material shall never be placed in the personnel file.
 J.  No such detrimental or derogatory material contained in the above selection may
be used in any disciplinary action against an employee unless he/she has been supplied a copy of the material being used.  The employee shall acknowledge that he/she has received such material by affixing his/her signature to said material.

K.  Where the individual school publishes a faculty handbook, the delegate shall be supplied with a copy of the handbook to be forwarded to the Union.

L.  Union Leave

1.  Any two members of the Union may take one or more years unpaid leave of absence for Union/Affiliate business.  During the term of the leave, the employee shall continue to accrue seniority and advance a step per year on the salary scale.
2.  The Schools shall attempt to give the president and vice president of the Union scheduling consideration by having a preparation period assigned as the last period of the day.