The original deal was agreed to after a strike in 2016. Verizon workers will receive 11.2% over four years. This is a contract that is a year early. Management does not want a struggle here. There is labor peace through 2023.
Meanwhile, the municipal pattern setting DC 37 deal was ratified by 98% of their members who voted. It calls for increases that with compounding amount to a total of 7.42% over three years and 8 months.
UFT's contract will almost certainly be based on the DC 37 precedent.
Verizon workers are at least close to the current 2.9% U.S inflation rate. DC37's deal doesn't even get in the neighborhood.
Why? Less than inflation plus a $1 billion in health care givebacks. You would think that the givebacks would at least get us over inflation. Even worse is the 7 years before were also less than COLA increases
ReplyDeleteRight to Work=> Right to go on STRIKE
ReplyDeleteThe UFT won’t even comment on our right to strike - even while a candidate for governor endorses it and wants to abolish tier 6. Who does the UFT work for because it sure ain’t the rank and file that pay their salary and bar tabs.
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to believe the anonymous commenters would have the nerve to go on strike. It is not possible to strike and remain anonymous. So why even bring the idea up in this space?
ReplyDeleteThanks Unity for your strawman input instead of an answer.
DeleteYou mean 3 years and 8 months, almost 4 years. Another lousy deal coming. How about doing the almost 4 years but giving the whole raise on the first day?
ReplyDeleteFix your article: 3 years and 8 months
ReplyDeleteThank you for catching the error. We fixed it. DC 37 is three years, eight months with raises of around an underwhelming 2% a year.
ReplyDeleteI worked for a network, then back to teaching when they were abolished and made many friends who are principals. One common theme they are sharing is the inability to fill positions. Even in District 31 and 21 there are 100’s of positions yet to be filled and principals cannot find people. These are high quality schools with good populations.
ReplyDeleteHR and Field Services have been issued a memo to allow teachers to transfers into high schools without permission of their principals through the end of August.
NYC needs to raise teacher salaries to attract employees. The UFT will be more than willing to sellout older teachers by changing the step structure and giving newer employees higher raises, and leaving the higher steps with smaller raises.
I think they meant that they can't find enough first year (cheapest) teachers to fill the positions. No matter what type of school, the cheapest teacher gets hired.
Delete9:50 I highly doubt what you're being told. I was working out of the APO's office during Regents this past week and the amount of resumes he had PER POSITION to fill those who left via Open Market was at least 3 inches thick. The folders were thicker than the reams of paper you use to print the ATS bubble sheets. (They were next to each other.)
ReplyDeleteI know for a fact that on SI (D31) principals leave positions open all year and give teachers 6th classes. They show up on Open Market in the spring but they're never filled, not even with newbies. I'm not calling you a liar, but rather I think you're being fed the "company line".
Any prediction when we will get to vote on this new contract coming ?
ReplyDeleteNo vote, they’ll evidence a petition.
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