Calculating the totals for the UFT Divisional Executive Boards gives us a look at how each division voted in the election. What is up for grabs for teachers are 23 Divisional Executive Board seats out of a 102 person Executive Board that runs the union. 23 out of 102 is all the teachers choose in the union called The United Federation of Teachers.
We could win over the elementary, middle school and high school teachers and we still wouldn't have a quarter of the Executive Board.
Let's look at the actual numbers:
The total breakdown for each division is based on the top vote recipients for each caucus divided by the total votes to base the percentages on.
Elementary Schools--Total 9652 votes counted
Unity MORE-NAC Solidarity
7065 2333 254
73% 24% 3%
Middle Schools--Total 2754 votes counted
Unity MORE-NAC Solidarity
1655 904 195
60% 33% 7%
High Schools--Total 4490 votes counted
Unity MORE-NAC Solidarity
2077 2292 121
46% 51% 3%
For the total teacher vote--Votes counted 16,896
Unity MORE-NAC Solidarity
10,797 5529 570
64% 33% 3%
Functionals (non teachers) Total 10,404 votes counted
Unity MORE-NAC Solidarity
7748 2333 323
75% 22% 3%
The UFT election is at large for most of the Executive Board and all of the Officers. All members, including retirees and non-teachers, vote as a single group. Unity Caucus sets it up this way on purpose since there is no way for an opposition group to get to most of the voters in the detailed way that is necessary to really have a chance so Unity is assured victory in the overall election before it starts.
To be fair, opposition does get to have a New York Teacher ad and now an email to members. That is certainly not as strong as Meet the President and having Unity employees do their union "jobs" by going to schools and meeting members. Remember the three rules of politics:
1-Do they know you?
2-Do they like you?
3-Do they trust you?
An ad in a newspaper and an email does not compare to incumbency. The only way to crack the Unity machine is to have respected opposition people in schools to counter the Unity spin. We do better in the high schools than the other divisions because we have more opposition people in the high schools. It's been that way for decades. If we won the teacher vote, we would have the leverage to demand change in how the union operates.
Certainly winning the high schools by 5% (8% if you include the Solidarity votes) is an impressive accomplishment and we should demand structural change.
For those who prefer the individual totals:
Elementary Schools
MORE-NEW ACTION
Sharon Coughlin --2333
Katherine Lapham--2306
Tracey Pearson--2324
Patricia Dobosz--2307
Donald Doyle--2319
Dan Lupkin--2328
Michael Striker--2322
Yelena Siwinski--2324
Janice Manning--2328
Alexandra Alves--2318
Michelle Baptiste--2330
Unity
Carol Harrison--7053
Martin McKeown--7050
Sean Rotkowitz--7065
Alan Abrams--7055
Greer Hansen-Velazquez--7040
Camille Eaddy--7043
Donna Manganello--7059
Wendy Walker Wilson--7056
Lamar Hughes--7045
Mayra Hiciano-Cruz--7041
Haydee Melendez--7048
Solidarity
Elizabeth Gioia--250
Doreida Cela--237
Jeff Losak--222
Linda Acevedo--246
Jonathan Hinesley--242
Jacqueline Vinet---242
Adele Chavarria--254
The Middle Schools
MORE-NEW ACTION
Richard Covelli--896
Andrea McManus--904
Francesca Gomes--889
Dermott Myrie---882
Robert Diefenback--885
Unity
Rashad Brown--1649
David Waltzer--1650
Marcus Escobar--1653
Alexandra Fischer--1655
Joseph Usatch--1649
Solidarity
Ellen Brach--195
Asiya Joseph--179
Tamika Wilson--181
Patricio Freire--185
Christopher Rogers--178
For the High School Division
MORE-NEW ACTION
Michael Schirtzer--2286
Kujit Ahluwalia--2275
Marcus McArthur--2276
David Garcia-Rosen--2280
Arthur Goldstein--2292
Jonathan Halabi--2290
Ashraya Gupta--2289
Unity
Anthony Klug--2077
Winnie Thompson--2073
Sean Ramos--2070
James Duncan--2061
Jacqueline Shendler--2070
James Vasquez--2070
Robert Roache--2063
Solidarity
Quinn Zannoni--120
Anurag Jaiman--121
David Suker--110
Christopher Alena--119
Robert Torrens--110
James Mills--121
Christopher Denigris--108
