tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post6857980475527101585..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: IGNORING LABOR HURTING DEMOCRATSJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-73643937222303525302018-01-29T21:42:19.804-05:002018-01-29T21:42:19.804-05:00Jeff-7:35,
If you can, try to hang in there. Eve...Jeff-7:35,<br /><br />If you can, try to hang in there. Everyday do something nice for yourself. Try to get a transfer to a school better for you. Even go to therapy. I resigned years ago, but I wish someone had worked with me to try to find a way to stay. Either way-good luck!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-12160740003257466772018-01-28T19:08:57.622-05:002018-01-28T19:08:57.622-05:00Historically, 3% minimum. How did we get 1% backl...Historically, 3% minimum. How did we get 1% backloaded and way backloaded retro?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-68248878277502324622018-01-28T17:44:37.128-05:002018-01-28T17:44:37.128-05:00Sorry James but I gotta call bullshit on ya'. ...Sorry James but I gotta call bullshit on ya'. Mulgrew will not be taken care of. The rank and file are beyond pissed at him and his crap. He has notconnections like Weingarten does. Once Janus goes through he is gonna be shit out of luck. Back to the wood shop he will go. Lastly, we should have never accepted the fact finding. Binding arbitration is the only fair way to get something as close to a fair contract as possible. I have been around the block in the DOE since 1996. This ain't my first rodeo. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-65216760986871134142018-01-28T15:09:09.583-05:002018-01-28T15:09:09.583-05:00Muldrow will be taken care of. He has served the D...Muldrow will be taken care of. He has served the Democratic establishment quite well. The rank and file I am not so sure about.<br /><br />Our contract has gone too arbitration four times. Once it was binding and three times it was fact finding that we accepted. We basically lost each time because of pattern bargaining where one municipal union settles on a percentage raise, it sets a pattern and other city unions get the same increase. Arbitrators compare us to other city workers and not surrounding districts. Our conditions keep deteriorating because we have no credible strike threat. That needs to change.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-70285472505848334512018-01-28T12:35:18.260-05:002018-01-28T12:35:18.260-05:00Mulgrew is going to have to stop eating quail and ...Mulgrew is going to have to stop eating quail and caviar and soon hit up White Castle once Janus passes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-35179481516741935482018-01-28T12:05:20.049-05:002018-01-28T12:05:20.049-05:00283 grand, plus expenses, well over 300 grand.283 grand, plus expenses, well over 300 grand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-80105378080371446582018-01-28T10:46:36.525-05:002018-01-28T10:46:36.525-05:00I would like to see the contract go to arbitration...I would like to see the contract go to arbitration. We should have a contract that is comparable to the districts that surround us. We should demand that our class size, observations, and salary are comparable to the districts that are right next door to NYC. There is no need to race to get a contract done. Patience should be the key in order here. And yes, we are all the UFT. However the rank and file do not get to make contract demands or negotiate behind closed doors. The rank and file are rightfully pissed right now. A mass exodus might be the push that Mulgrew needs to get us a fair contract. If he is just sitting back and taking whatever the City throws at us, he is not doing his job and as such, he should not be making 200 grand a year off our backs. Shave the beast and maybe there will be positive change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-37460554216027480672018-01-28T10:08:13.610-05:002018-01-28T10:08:13.610-05:00Well said, James, Try to get the rank and file to...Well said, James, Try to get the rank and file to acknowledge that they are the union. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-44291432707951741052018-01-28T09:40:18.847-05:002018-01-28T09:40:18.847-05:00Why would de Blasio give us a good contract? Both ...Why would de Blasio give us a good contract? Both sides have to agree. We have no leverage. Don't you think the city knows this? We will have even less leverage when you or anyone else leaves. The Union is not Michael Mulgrew or Randi Weingarten. It is all of us. Yes, the system is rigged but if we came together we could change it. Remember the words of retired Bryant High School Chapter Leader Sam Lazarus: "The problem with the UFT is the leadership and the membership." So true. Mulgrew has no reason to change, nor does the city, until we collectively demand it. I wish I could get the people who read this to understand that point.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-59964012723885889342018-01-28T08:08:15.469-05:002018-01-28T08:08:15.469-05:00The unions have nobody to blame but themselves. Th...The unions have nobody to blame but themselves. They have disregarded the interests of their members for many years. They have acted like a cabal by hiding behind closed doors while taking our dues money year after year. After Janus, they will finally be held accountable. If they want my money, they better earn it with a good contract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58029121520227403532018-01-28T07:35:27.960-05:002018-01-28T07:35:27.960-05:00What don't you get James? We already lost, an...What don't you get James? We already lost, and we are losing more and more. Thats Mulgrew's answer, well, we suck, but without us it will be worse, so continue to pay us to suck. Huh? No thanks, not anymore. When I stop wanting to kill myself just because I was stupid enough o become a teacher, when students are actually disciplined for wrongdoing, when we get a fair contract to make up for the worst contract in history, ask me again. By the way, I plan to resign soon, because of how bad it is, meaning I will lose 80% of the retro I already worked for an earned, exactly what the DOE and UFT worked together to set up.jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-64624934178199909002018-01-28T00:55:07.678-05:002018-01-28T00:55:07.678-05:00When the unions stopped caring about their members...When the unions stopped caring about their members, and focused on the political, going so far as to to endorse politicians who were against their members interests (but not the union fatcat leaders) then this was bound to happen. I was a very pro uft person for many years, however when the union supported al sharptons political stunt of walking over Verrazano, or occupy Wall Street, or Democrats who were not pro public schools, just because they were Democrats, but at same time refused to support the atr’s or publicly take a stand against corrrupt lawless principals, i began to see why people are disgusted.<br /><br />Unions should fight for interests of members, not their own leaders conflicts of interest. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88088285872377650742018-01-27T22:20:24.397-05:002018-01-27T22:20:24.397-05:00Yeah but we are the ones who end up losing in the ...Yeah but we are the ones who end up losing in the end.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-18499288275590496842018-01-27T22:15:18.662-05:002018-01-27T22:15:18.662-05:00Defeat well deservedDefeat well deservedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com