tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post1610834170759161425..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: ROCHESTER UNION PASSES ANTI-TESTING RESOLUTION WHILE CUOMO'S POPULARITY IS SINKINGJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29257341474117592222015-03-21T18:43:36.241-04:002015-03-21T18:43:36.241-04:00Well said James.
Yes, the leadership of NYSUT, AFT...Well said James.<br />Yes, the leadership of NYSUT, AFT, and UFT couldn't be worse. And yes, the numbers are against us.<br />But if more members expressed their outrage through actions and refused to back down, these leaders could be toppled. <br />Too many of our members are disengaged, uninvolved and unaware. Corrupt and incompetent leaders like Magee, Mulgrew, Weingarten, Pallotta and the wonderless boy Messner count on a majority of the membership to be complacent and uninvolved. They could never survive if a mass movement was formed to elect actual leaders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-32908602017145395522015-03-20T07:42:42.362-04:002015-03-20T07:42:42.362-04:00Union power comes from the rank and file, not the ...Union power comes from the rank and file, not the top. It might be marginally better if Mulgrew - Unity were replaced but without an activist membership, we still would not be in much better shape. I only had success as a Chapter Leader because the vast majority of the chapter contributed to our policies and then was with us when asked to be active.One of my concerns is people looking only for a leader and then waiting for success when their person is in power. Leaders are important but a rank and file willing to work collectively can do so much more.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-86052510043323729812015-03-20T05:33:59.085-04:002015-03-20T05:33:59.085-04:00I don't believe this union needs to be more mi...I don't believe this union needs to be more militant. I do believe however, that we need to be represented by someone who is intelligent and has innovative ideas. Someone who is respected and truly represents us as a union of professional educators.Think about the UFT being represented by someone who made these politicians look stupid and small in their thinking.<br />Instead we are represented by a former woodshop teacher, who is as dumb as wood himself. He aligns himself with the riffraff of "Occupy Wall Street", talks a lot of smack, but gets no respect from those in positions of power. There is no hope for New York City teachers until we rid ourselves of this clown Michael Mulgrew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-73801392093520998822015-03-20T04:01:35.848-04:002015-03-20T04:01:35.848-04:00There will still be a compromise. You can bet Cuom...There will still be a compromise. You can bet Cuomo will get something. Charter cap will be increased and evaluation will be tweaked against us. Those are my early am predictions. Q poll helps for sure. Numbers are overwhelming. Momentum is moving our way. We should be standing firm. It would be nice if we did.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-18154559996744495662015-03-20T00:16:28.441-04:002015-03-20T00:16:28.441-04:00I think RBE of Perdido Street makes a little too m...I think RBE of Perdido Street makes a little too much of the Cuomo/Heastie "hug" over what so far is a "one house" ethics bill that the State Senate has rejected.<br /><br />Carl Heastie was made Speaker because Sheldon Silver, his predecessor, was lead away in hand-cuffs. Heastie "needed" an ethics bill to consolidate his position as much as Cuomo wanted to "give" him one.<br /><br />I'm not sure the hug portends anything in particular about where the Assembly will come out on the Governor's education proposals though I do agree with you that the Q-Poll should stiffen the spines of members who might otherwise have been willing to accept whatever mealy compromise was put in front of them.Harris L.noreply@blogger.com