tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post5372419895929255392..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: WHERE IS A REMINDER TO BOYCOTT STAPLES IN UFT TEACHER'S CHOICE EMAIL?Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-38752238824283222272014-08-05T15:37:11.532-04:002014-08-05T15:37:11.532-04:00I remember the resolution. I voted for it.I remember the resolution. I voted for it.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-76575394490955871362014-08-05T14:47:55.418-04:002014-08-05T14:47:55.418-04:00Actually, way back in 2000 or 2001, the UFT Execut...Actually, way back in 2000 or 2001, the UFT Executive Board passed what amounted to its first "bi-partisan" resolution, a reso initiated by the NAC HS Exec. Bd. members, and signed for presentation by a number of top-level Unity officer/Exec. Bd. members. It was passed either unanimously or nearly so. The resolution asked that a weekly or monthly (no longer remember) column be introduced in the NY Teacher, specifying companies (like Staples, for example), that had grievously offended or injured workers, and were thus being placed on a boycott list. The net effect of such a column would be to publicize boycotts more broadly, and make it more likely that UFT rank-and-filers would be aware of them.<br /><br />Needless to say, despite the unanimous or near-unanimous support of the resolution when it was passed, nothing has ever happened to bring the Resolveds of that reso into effect. I've tried to find out how come from a variety of Unity honchos, and have received a variety of explanations, all of which have differed from each other, and none of which made much sense.<br /><br />Rest assured that, at present, few UFT people are aware that Staples is being boycotted; and given Staples' present specials for teachers that they're sure to be dropping as bait during the opening-of-school period, and the Teachers' Choice period later on, lots and lots of educators will find their way through their doors. <br /><br />Happily, the radically reduced Teachers' Choice allotment (to every cloud a silver lining) will leave less available $$$ to be spent there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-54411087474679994272014-08-04T11:14:20.773-04:002014-08-04T11:14:20.773-04:00Hopefully, nobody while this boycott is on.Hopefully, nobody while this boycott is on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-38870572461053509872014-08-04T11:13:50.487-04:002014-08-04T11:13:50.487-04:00A lot of people.A lot of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-85928823826458098662014-08-04T09:02:39.509-04:002014-08-04T09:02:39.509-04:00Who shops at Staples anymore these days?Who shops at Staples anymore these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com