UESF History In 1973 a young San Francisco teacher, Hene Kelly, went
The union won her that right and set the precedent for
the state law allowing accumulated sick leave to be used during and after
pregnancy. If the baby had been born only a few years earlier, Hene would
not only have been unable to use her sick days but would have had to resign
her teaching position, with total loss of seniority and no guarantee
that a job would be waiting for her in the SFUSD.
This is not ancient
history. Hene Kelly teaches at Horace Mann MS today. Many other
active teachers and paras have their own tales of the primitive
district labor policies of the recent past.
Thanks to the
determination of Hene Kelly and the others who fought the battles
of the last 30 years, younger teachers like Kristen Lubenow, who gave
birth in January, are able to take maternity leave using their
accumulated sick days and return to a guaranteed position.
Photos by Dennis Kelly and Charles Beckerman, The Lowell
S. F. teachers benefit from battles of 30 years ago
Research and text by Charles Hibbard and Ken Tray
into labor
in the office of the San Francisco Federation of Teachers. When
the baby, Edith, was born, Hene became the first San Francisco teacher
allowed by the school district to apply her accumulated sick days as paid
maternity leave.
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