tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post6784818431284996613..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: CAN THE UFT BE REPAIRED?Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-17255048434644108892016-08-22T18:27:12.905-04:002016-08-22T18:27:12.905-04:00Thank you 2:05.Thank you 2:05.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-41346363400546448682016-08-22T14:05:00.423-04:002016-08-22T14:05:00.423-04:00The letter that anonymous is searching for was dis...The letter that anonymous is searching for was discussed about on this site in July. People that retired after July 1, 2014 still have to wait for ther lump sum retro payments just the way in-service members have to wait. What they are doing for retirees now is that a person"s pension will be based on an FAS as if the two 4% retro raises were already given in 2009 and 2010. The monthly pension will be higher. For people that retired after 7/1/2014 ther pensions will be recalculated. This recalculation process of pensions will start in late 2016 through 2017. The DOE is supposed to send updated salary info to TRS this summer. Hopefully they did it already so new retirees will have pensions based on salaries from the contract. TRS also stated in the letter that when they calculate the pension of a new retiree that if they dont have the updated salary info the pension will be based on the old salary schedules and then it will be recalulated at a future date. If it takes 3 to 5 months to calclate the final pension amount for a new retiree how can they still base the pension on the old salary if TRS was getting the updated salary info this summer.<br /><br />The UFT is allowing this to happen. By the time they recalulate the pensions of everyone that retired after 7/1/2014 how many retirees will pass away and the families dont get the retro. The City is saving a lot of money with this contract. Mulgrew knew this and he went along with it. If the UFT was upfront about it this contract wiuldn't have passed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-51336348403439288722016-08-22T08:48:19.745-04:002016-08-22T08:48:19.745-04:00The letter and email were sent out a month ago. My...The letter and email were sent out a month ago. My friend retired in 2015. He's hunting for it now. Once he gets it to me I'll send it to James. It comes to a substantial amount of money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-54976259743501555372016-08-22T07:16:16.520-04:002016-08-22T07:16:16.520-04:00Can the UFT be repaired? Of course! With the right... Can the UFT be repaired? Of course! With the right leadership. With an inept and corrupt leader such as Michael Mulgrew, whose only interest is SELF interest, the UFT has gone from bad to worse. And as a result of his failure, the working lives of the people on the front lines, a.k.a. teachers, has been greatly diminished. <br />The better question is: Will the UFT be repaired? My answer is likely not. Unfortunately the membership of this union is just too apathetic and two ignorant. And I'm sure Mulgrew loves that fact. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42112713063794862252016-08-22T00:12:04.561-04:002016-08-22T00:12:04.561-04:00As long as Mulgrew is president the UFT doesn'...As long as Mulgrew is president the UFT doesn't have a chance. He needs to go. What will he do in 2018 when they start negotiating for a new contract? If people think this contract was bad wait for the next mayor. The UFT will go for years without another contract unless they accept less than 1% a year.anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996484223216644629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-53999576464474327612016-08-21T22:39:48.221-04:002016-08-21T22:39:48.221-04:00A question for anonymous that mentioned the letter...A question for anonymous that mentioned the letter sent to retirees about them getting their retro in October. Did the letter come from Mulgrew as an email because there is nothing on the Uft website about it. Can you post the letter on this site because I retired recently and didnt get the letter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-31242029647567055782016-08-21T22:16:37.093-04:002016-08-21T22:16:37.093-04:00The letter that retirees received is a letter that...The letter that retirees received is a letter that the two 4% retro increases will be included in the salary as if it was received in 2009 and 2010. They won't have to wait for pensions to be recalculated. Retirees after 7/1/2014 still have to wait until 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 to receive the lump sum retro just like in-service members. I wish that was true that retirees were getting all their reto in October. The recalculations of the pensions due to the contract is starting in late 2016 through 2017. If you want to see the form that retirees are receiving it can be viewed on the TRS website.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-57256615115137480602016-08-21T19:54:52.072-04:002016-08-21T19:54:52.072-04:00I agree with the previous comment about the abusiv...I agree with the previous comment about the abusive ATR supervisors. Someone should put our union leaders in the ATR pool and have them rotate from school to school. Mulgrew, Barr and Arundell would be a good start. Then have a DOE supervisor pay a visit and write an observation on them. I bet all of them would get INEFFECTIVE. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-11067391436757676432016-08-21T19:53:24.664-04:002016-08-21T19:53:24.664-04:00I'm an atr and am disgusted by my Union. I cou...I'm an atr and am disgusted by my Union. I could write a book of the disrespect but no one cares. Sad working conditions for many. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-9606714804948755152016-08-21T19:45:04.063-04:002016-08-21T19:45:04.063-04:00Just ask an ATR who was an abusive field superviso...Just ask an ATR who was an abusive field supervisor if they would vote to de-certify. Our most vulnerable members are illegally being harassed and Mulgrew allows this to happen along with Amy Arundell . They make HUGE SALARIES while backstabbing fellow union members who are being VICTIMIZED by field supervisors. There is corruption with bloated salaries for which they do not deserve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-4822810398653926352016-08-21T19:09:17.555-04:002016-08-21T19:09:17.555-04:00The last two comments make a great deal of sense. ...The last two comments make a great deal of sense. Why do we have to be in a union that couldn't give a crap about us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-35042349683752940102016-08-21T19:06:13.543-04:002016-08-21T19:06:13.543-04:00I agree 100% with the previous comment. If this i...I agree 100% with the previous comment. If this is true that all retirees get the remaining lump sum payments upfront then I would also support to de-certify this union. How come our union continues to screw the inservice memebers with deferred raises, lump sum payments WITHOUT INTEREST and micromanaging of class instruction. I am going to talk with all UFT members I know to DE-CERTIFY NOW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-50093662302994566982016-08-21T19:01:06.344-04:002016-08-21T19:01:06.344-04:00Norm,
I been teaching since 1999. When I first s...Norm,<br /><br />I been teaching since 1999. When I first started teaching I was able to put my students in rows and have my own seating chart. Over the last decade I been required to have small groups and my seating chart dictated to me from administration . My seating chart is now based on data, skill sets and next steps. Where is the union??? Mulgrew NEVER talks addresses micromanaging and I rarely have a say in how to deliver instruction to students. I would support decertification of this corrupt union in a second. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-81799943896087975232016-08-21T15:25:03.664-04:002016-08-21T15:25:03.664-04:00I'll have it sent to your email.I'll have it sent to your email.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-21545369361799762322016-08-21T14:18:33.927-04:002016-08-21T14:18:33.927-04:00I need to see that letter before commenting.I need to see that letter before commenting.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-75460735431049158612016-08-21T14:14:13.380-04:002016-08-21T14:14:13.380-04:00Retirees just got a letter that they will no longe...Retirees just got a letter that they will no longer have to wait for their retro - they are getting it in a lump sum in October - the working members will continue to have to wait until 2020. This says a lot about the UFT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-20978236954195830502016-08-21T13:11:39.447-04:002016-08-21T13:11:39.447-04:00Well, if the UFT does indeed need some kind of rep...Well, if the UFT does indeed need some kind of repair-I would hope they contact a union repair shop to do the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-82398562592931660502016-08-21T11:53:34.972-04:002016-08-21T11:53:34.972-04:00My point Norm is that if you had some time in you ...My point Norm is that if you had some time in you could get out with a principal from hell at the end of the year. The receiving principal could not block you on a seniority transfer. That is a fact. Many members took advantage of the seniority transfer option. Some got away from our infamous principal that way at Jamaica. Many others stuck it out and I thank them and God for that. You aren't working now Norm. Look at some of the comments on how much better it was in the 90's on a prior post. The 2005 contract changed everything for the worse. Ask anyone who was involved before and after. The current evaluation system just kept the ball heading further downward.<br /><br />One more thing: How many teachers couldn't get tenure in the nineties or even early 2000s? Extensions of probation were rare. Now they are the norm. No lawyer unit at the Board of Ed either to get teachers in those days. Compared to now it was a golden age for teachers.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-9212254845259201872016-08-21T11:06:19.909-04:002016-08-21T11:06:19.909-04:00It's not that kids are worse today it's th...It's not that kids are worse today it's that you get in triouble from admins for telling a student to sit down. Telling a student to sit down may single them out and be an embarrassment. That's verbal abuse these days my old friend. Students today know they can do almost anything and get away with it. No discipline. And when you do try and discipline a student by telling them to sit down or you will call home or call the dean the teacher gets in trouble my Ed notes friend. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-7179818855690460682016-08-21T10:20:44.774-04:002016-08-21T10:20:44.774-04:00James - you overestimate the transfer option. Prin...James - you overestimate the transfer option. Principals had to give permission except in seniority transfers. But those were spiked too -- many positions were covered up and teachers had to accept one of 5 choices and if they didn't they couldn't apply for another one for 2 years.<br />The UFT correctly in this case claims the open market system doesn't give your principal a way to stop you from transferring.<br />So yes we know that things are worse in so many ways -- but since they were always getting worse since I began teaching the best I can say it is a spiral of worsism -- what I see here is people pining for the good old days - there were never good old days for teachers in the NYCDOE. You know in my first 2 years I was in a school where there were some bad discipline problems - before special ed even existed in the late 60s. We had some good admins who helped keep control but when I read the complaints of how much worse kids are today I have to laugh. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-25292929017965963632016-08-21T09:12:29.048-04:002016-08-21T09:12:29.048-04:00Reading through the comments there seems to be a c...Reading through the comments there seems to be a consensus that we are in bad shape but not much hope for a solution. We will keep trying but it is the people who have much more time left than me that I am concerned about.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-81581995069855243032016-08-21T09:09:02.550-04:002016-08-21T09:09:02.550-04:00The Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law would s...The Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law would save us in 2018 if the city tries to weasel out of paying us. The lump sum payments will have to be made as they are in the contract. I would not argue that the UFT will agree that there is some kind of city emergency to say the city does not have to make the payments. The problem in 2018 is that by then possibly another union will have settled on a pattern for the next round of raises and we will be stuck with it. That pattern will be very low as the city will of course be crying poverty again.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-32284455485873154872016-08-21T06:54:46.885-04:002016-08-21T06:54:46.885-04:00Remember these are lump sum longevity bonus paymen...Remember these are lump sum longevity bonus payments. These are not retro payments because you have to be on the payroll at the payoff date to receive it. If these were retro payments there would have been a legal obligation to pay and we would not talking about this anymore. Our union leader advocates more for the city than for the members. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-18298516125237428632016-08-21T01:51:47.681-04:002016-08-21T01:51:47.681-04:00The young teachers will wake up when the contract ...The young teachers will wake up when the contract expires in June 2018 and when it is time for the 25% retro payment in October 2018 we will hear that the City is broke and Mulgrew/UFT will say it's okay. Retro isn't a God given right. This was already planned. Why did Mulgrew allow the City to get away with no retro in October 2016? The City has a surplus so they could give everyone the measily 12 1/2% like we received in October 2015. Retroanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790485951204474446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-51659481314879907572016-08-20T21:45:39.087-04:002016-08-20T21:45:39.087-04:00Most teachers (77%) see no problem, what so ever, ...Most teachers (77%) see no problem, what so ever, with the UFT. That's the problem. Until you awaken that 77%, nothing will change. I don't care anymore - the ship is sinking, I'm tired of screaming 'it's sinking' and I'm getting off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com