tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post5937357381685274450..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: LUMP SUM PAYMENT DOUBLE DUES FROM 2018 REPEATED; WHY YOU SHOULD NOT QUIT THE UFT REPEATEDJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-2554160831900522462019-10-11T06:17:28.494-04:002019-10-11T06:17:28.494-04:00One of Bloomberg's mottos was divide and conqu...One of Bloomberg's mottos was divide and conquer; and so he did with the teachers. I do believe we have reached a point of no return. <br /><br />Although Bloomberg gets most of the credit for the sad state of the schools, the UFT is not far behind. <br /><br />Any union that would have Mulgrew as its leader cannot be taken seriously. Anyone with a true junior high school education can listen to him and tell that his intellectual prowess is severely limited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-67998452263007904512019-10-10T13:35:25.785-04:002019-10-10T13:35:25.785-04:0012:53,
Mulgrew is from Uranus12:53,<br />Mulgrew is from UranusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-16226382106412198822019-10-10T12:53:08.315-04:002019-10-10T12:53:08.315-04:00The aliens are on Rigel 5. ET is Eterno. ET phone ...The aliens are on Rigel 5. ET is Eterno. ET phone home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88088940564987922402019-10-10T11:58:27.031-04:002019-10-10T11:58:27.031-04:00I am not leaving the union but my point is that th...I am not leaving the union but my point is that the overall impact of this blog is to lead people in that direction even if James argues against it. There is a constant drumbeat of attacks on the leadership which they deserve in so many ways but this blog attracts the disaffected who fundamentally do nothing other than bitch and threaten to leave the union and this blog has more of an effect in that direction than moving them towards action. Or at least to be involved in creating an opposition. James would love to do that but all you people do is bitch. If there is so much disaffection where are they? It reminds me of the assumption that somewhere out there there are aliens. There is an argument that if there are aliens where have they been?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-92104914109912914612019-10-10T09:42:30.522-04:002019-10-10T09:42:30.522-04:00Maybe if you stopped complaining here and got othe...Maybe if you stopped complaining here and got other people to read this blog then that could help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-51069317208590550812019-10-10T09:27:36.190-04:002019-10-10T09:27:36.190-04:00And in 20 years we will be having the same convers...And in 20 years we will be having the same conversation, about how things are so bad, about how we've been abused and nothing got better, i will still be waiting for a travel hardship transfer, will be waiting for the open market to work, waiting for raises that actually match or beat inflation...and the union will still be sucking down our dues. Sorry, i just cant play that game anymore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-22234697350567137522019-10-10T08:22:56.295-04:002019-10-10T08:22:56.295-04:0010:35, Can you read? People like you are the probl...10:35, Can you read? People like you are the problem, not this blog. Change happens in schools. <br /><br />4-We can attempt to bring about change from within the union while still being critical of its flaws. <br /><br />I still believe, until someone can convince me otherwise, that choice 4 is the way forward. We are better off staying in the UFT, even if we despise much of what our Union's leadership does, or rather often doesn't do, to defend us. Change happens in schools when we persuade our colleagues that it is in our collective interest to be active and force the UFT to support us. Dropping out to save some money each check is the wrong answer; it is pure "me only" selfishness.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-27883069223345872992019-10-10T08:08:08.856-04:002019-10-10T08:08:08.856-04:00Mend it don't end it. Simple.Mend it don't end it. Simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-67846995944110792292019-10-10T07:04:29.284-04:002019-10-10T07:04:29.284-04:00People only read the parts that confirm their view...People only read the parts that confirm their views. There are big problems with the UFT but there is no example, not one, where any union has had massive defections and then improved working conditions. No way I would be able to leave with a defined benefits pension and TDA without a union. What is not clear? We are better off with a union with big flaws that is 100% strong than one where thousands defect. James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-57033641001712619272019-10-09T22:35:30.376-04:002019-10-09T22:35:30.376-04:00James with every post gives people reasons to opt ...James with every post gives people reasons to opt out of the union - doing the kind of propaganda that would make Koch Brothers proud. Saving them the money they would have to spend. But he then covers himself by saying don't drop out. It has taken me some time to see this but the constant drumbeat of what the union is doing wrong with nary a comment about what it might be doing right functions as an ad to drop out. Sometimes something has to give. Either you work to make the union stronger or you tear it down and try to claim that in doing so you are really making the union stronger. You can't have it both ways. Go for the jugular but stop telling people that despite every negative blog they must ignore and go work in a union that really wants no part of them. This blog is the poster boy for leaving the union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88595227343427552892019-10-09T22:33:00.649-04:002019-10-09T22:33:00.649-04:00Forgot about medical copays up...yeah, glass I opt...Forgot about medical copays up...yeah, glass I opted out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-18670562683138007292019-10-09T17:26:38.257-04:002019-10-09T17:26:38.257-04:00One of the things the UFT will learn by embracing ...One of the things the UFT will learn by embracing the business model (the almighty dollar over all else) is that those they purport to represent will use that same mentality to choose saving money over what used to be intractable loyalty. The sword cuts both ways. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-6657965248267348982019-10-09T17:22:00.151-04:002019-10-09T17:22:00.151-04:00All this stuff made my decision easy last summer.All this stuff made my decision easy last summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-20233040387209291332019-10-09T15:18:08.408-04:002019-10-09T15:18:08.408-04:00Jmeas continues to say a union is better than no u...Jmeas continues to say a union is better than no union. I agree. But how can we let this go, and keep letting everything go? How can we accept this, your word, thievery. Every thread, there are a thousand different complaints about a thousand different, valid things. At some point you have to say im tired of supporting this garbage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-65862260917306018032019-10-09T15:17:34.683-04:002019-10-09T15:17:34.683-04:002:19 , they aren't silent, they are charging y...2:19 , they aren't silent, they are charging you extra dues this check for all those wonderful things you listed they do for usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-16908553433985682522019-10-09T14:19:43.488-04:002019-10-09T14:19:43.488-04:00So just like the open market and the travel hardsh...So just like the open market and the travel hardship and the delayed retro with no interst and the 1.3% raise average and the abuseive princiapls and the abusive students the uft is silent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-9529745758957544192019-10-09T12:31:16.183-04:002019-10-09T12:31:16.183-04:00Anon 10:43 - or Chris - Of course Arthur banned yo...Anon 10:43 - or Chris - Of course Arthur banned you. You are nuts. Zucker has exposed you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58745910278846339202019-10-09T11:03:31.674-04:002019-10-09T11:03:31.674-04:00This how sad the career has gotten. Everything of ...This how sad the career has gotten. Everything of true value has been stripped from the teaching profession, except the money. And now it’s only the money that matters. This is what the Weingarten/Mulgrew UFT and the Bloomberg molded DOE have created and the reason why the profession is doomed in NYC. When money is the only thing that matters, everyone and everything is expendable. If the business model is eradicated and publicly denounced by the UFT and DOE then there’s hope. Otherwise it’s just a matter of time before the for profit charter schools bid to take over everything for less than what the taxpayers are paying now. The UFT is embracing the business model even in its own organization and deBlasio is capitulating to the deformers. Eva is patiently waiting for the next mayor.Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-60843146578684776422019-10-09T10:43:04.168-04:002019-10-09T10:43:04.168-04:00Arthur is a disgrace since he joined Unity. An arr...Arthur is a disgrace since he joined Unity. An arrogant, self-serving, pompous disgrace. If you disagree with him, he insults you. If you respond in kind, he bans you and rationalizes the ban because he perceives your response as an insult. Unity can have him, he’s now just another mouthpiece for Mulgrew and friends. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-32568237065950014262019-10-09T10:04:02.584-04:002019-10-09T10:04:02.584-04:00Am I the only one who can’t even get to payroll po...Am I the only one who can’t even get to payroll portal? It says there is an error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-43580523301731540022019-10-09T09:56:22.439-04:002019-10-09T09:56:22.439-04:00The UFT is taking $176.26 plus $0.75 in pol dues o...The UFT is taking $176.26 plus $0.75 in pol dues out of my Oct 15 paycheck. What are pol dues? What can I do about the extra $114.94 the UFT is taking? Whom do I contact? I am already quite ambivalent about the $61.32 I donate every paycheck. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-41128993503959248712019-10-09T09:23:11.138-04:002019-10-09T09:23:11.138-04:00Why dont all the chapter leaders around city have ...Why dont all the chapter leaders around city have an email chain. You guys can set a date where all chapter leaders can meet and discuss issues from all areas of the city. Use top 5 priority and take it with UFT, or better yet invite the UFT to chapter meeting and have a town hall.Anon2323https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920550598769579282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-55773436508230899842019-10-09T08:50:30.302-04:002019-10-09T08:50:30.302-04:00So he is an asshole now?So he is an asshole now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-33370012287009355352019-10-09T07:38:00.631-04:002019-10-09T07:38:00.631-04:00You want to know what is stealing? The fact that U...You want to know what is stealing? The fact that UFT district reps and tons of bigwigs at the UFT who DO NOT TEACH A SINGLE CLASS yet get paid by both the DOE and the UFT. Every UFT worker should be required to work at least part time in the hell hole schools that they hide from. These folks need to know the hell we go through on a daily basis. If they had to deal with Danielson, insane admins, and violent kids everyday, then maybe they would have the heart to help us out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-66156137028996134032019-10-09T07:34:44.728-04:002019-10-09T07:34:44.728-04:00Class action lawsuit by members against UFT.
DEMAN...Class action lawsuit by members against UFT.<br />DEMAND CHANGE. TAKING EXTRA MONEY IS WRONG. DUES WERE ALREADY PAID.<br />WE SHOULD BE REFUNDED OR NOT HAVE DUES TAKEN OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS TO CREDIT US FOR THEM DOUBLE DIPPING.<br /><br />CHANGE WILL NOT OCCUR UNLESS WE DEMAND IT. IE DEC 23RD WE GOT IT OFF. WE NEED CHANGE WITHIN OUR UNION NOW. DEMAND THEY STOP TAKING OUR MONEY. WE SHOULDNT NOT HAVE TO LEAVE THE UNION WE NEED TO SHOW THEM WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS B.S. ANYMORE. UFT GIVE US DUE CREDIT NOW.<br /><br />WE ALSO NEED NEW BLOOD IN THE UNION. WE HAVE BEEN LET DOWN OVER AND OVER, CRAPPY RAISES, DEC 23RD SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. WE NEED A UNION STAFF AND PRESIDENT THAT WORKS FOR INTS MEMBERS NOT JUST THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMEBERS WHO HAVE $$$$$$$$$$ CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com