In case
there was any misconception that the latest UFT contract is garbage, the
anti-teacher NY Daily News editorial board calls it "solid."
The editorial, as so often happens with the Daily News, contains misinformation and/or lies.
For example:
"They’ll get average annual raises of about 2.5%, which is roughly the rate of inflation."
Salary increase is 1.9% for 46 months,as James points out.
Even if you leave out the extended months at the beginning of the contract that were the offset for the parent leave program and take the contract at 43 months (as both the UFT and the DOE call it), the increases are still only 2.09%.
As usual, DN editorial lies.
Would also note, DN wanted more health care givebacks but does like what city got:
"And for squeezing modest, though still insufficient, health-care savings out of the city’s single largest public-sector workforce."
Dunno how many readers of this blog need to be convinced to vote no - given the tone of the comments, probably not too many.
But the DN editorial, lying about the "raises" and bragging about the health care givebacks, ought to help convince any thinking about voting yes to reconsider.
No matter - the contract will probably pass with 90%+.
But some of us should register our discontent with the contract, the union leadership that negotiated this garbage, and editorial boards like the Daily News that feel the need to lie when writing about contractual agreements instead of telling the truth.
Here's hoping the next time Tronc does mass layoffs, the fucker who wrote the DN editorial gets it.
The editorial, as so often happens with the Daily News, contains misinformation and/or lies.
For example:
"They’ll get average annual raises of about 2.5%, which is roughly the rate of inflation."
Salary increase is 1.9% for 46 months,as James points out.
Even if you leave out the extended months at the beginning of the contract that were the offset for the parent leave program and take the contract at 43 months (as both the UFT and the DOE call it), the increases are still only 2.09%.
As usual, DN editorial lies.
Would also note, DN wanted more health care givebacks but does like what city got:
"And for squeezing modest, though still insufficient, health-care savings out of the city’s single largest public-sector workforce."
Dunno how many readers of this blog need to be convinced to vote no - given the tone of the comments, probably not too many.
But the DN editorial, lying about the "raises" and bragging about the health care givebacks, ought to help convince any thinking about voting yes to reconsider.
No matter - the contract will probably pass with 90%+.
But some of us should register our discontent with the contract, the union leadership that negotiated this garbage, and editorial boards like the Daily News that feel the need to lie when writing about contractual agreements instead of telling the truth.
Here's hoping the next time Tronc does mass layoffs, the fucker who wrote the DN editorial gets it.
At the ICEUFT blog, we are pointing out the reality of this deal. It is costing the city peanuts when they have the money and anyone who tells you there are no givebacks, isn't looking. The Daily News editorial board looked. $1.1 - $1.7 billion in health savings that the Municipal Labor Committee (umbrella group of city unions the UFT is part of) is part of this deal if we approve the contract.
The city will save money. Why do you think the Daily News is praising this deal? Because they love teachers? Maybe not.
24 comments:
Why the dang would anyone care what the daily news says? This is a publication that loses money and is about to go broke and we are going to listen to the daily news?
Come on people lets get real here regarding the media. They are so dishonest with all of us no wonder they are going out of business as people have caught on.
They aren't nearly as dishonest as the UFT.
Mulgrew said our raise does beat inflation, citing 2 sources of roughly 6.8% inflation vs 7.5% raise.
Stop Age discrimination in NYC.
For the ATRs its bad enough that the DOE wants to terminate us but it seems the UFT leadership is helping the DOE thin the ATR herd by stabbing us in the back. That is why the DOE and UFT agreed to the field supervisors in 2012 as another chance to make the ATR problem go away. Again everybody is happy. Our Union knows everything is fine.
I've been a NYC teacher since 1995. Once upon a time, the NY Daily News was a liberal rag and supported teachers while the NY Post has always been a right wing rag that has always hated teachers. Funny how things change.
James, so now the Daily News all liars and dishonest. Yet you happily reference them when they write negative articles about school and Central administrators.
Your hypocrisy is not unnoticed by regular readers of your blog. James you are never happy. You complain about the UFT all the time. You complain about this contract and then you still tell us not to leave the union. Only a fool would listen to you.
We need a union. We have to fix it. Where is the hypocrisy?
Projection fromTrading economics.
Inflation Rate - Forecast
Inflation Rate in the United States is expected to be 2.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Inflation Rate in the United States to stand at 2.40 in 12 months time.
How does a 2% raise beat 2.4% inflation rate? Please tell me.
James, this is the Mulgrew quote...
New salaries: Raises of 2%, 2.5% and 3% produce a three-year compound rate of 7.7 percent, above expert predictions of inflation of 6.2 percent (Federal Reserve Bank) and 6.8 percent (International Monetary Fund).
Mulgrew must have taken a crash course in Statistics from DeBlasio. Just add all the percents together! Mulgrew thinks we’re all morons.
The fact is that pur schools are getting worse. The Danielson model, common core, turnaround model, everything is been a fiasco.
Anonymous 6:58: My bet is....James will "be happy" when UFT leadership starts giving a damn about the teachers who are on the front lines of the classroom day in and day out. James will be happy when the UFT leadership stops lying about our raises keeping up with inflation. James will be happy when the UFT leadership stops asking our delegates to approve an agreement that they haven't been shown in full. James will be happy when UFT leadership does something other than look out for their own greedy selves. Ths contract is crap. Teachers are still rated under the unreasonable and absurd Danielson rubric is one example of crap. If you want to call me or anyone else who listens to James a fool then man-up or woman-up and sign your name. Roseanne McCosh PS 8X
Why doesn't the Daily News report that we gave the city an interest free loan for eleven years? Why does Mulgrew advocate for the city when it comes to raises? For example why is compensation continually deferred? He does not fight for us with regard to compensation. Vote NO.
Crooked shop, that's why.... Follow the real $
Would you please post on the blog an entry about how the 30 credits above the master differential will be changed from college credits the teacher chooses to take to 18A+ credits that the DOE and UFT will agree for you to take. This will guarantee 90 percent of new teachers never get to the max salary. Draconian.
I don't think anyone has accounted for what to do about the raise. James acknowledges that there is a pattern that has never been broken once it is set. So this is the pattern. So what do you propose we do instead?
There's never been a threat of a strike or some kind of job action since pattern bargaining developed (it is not a law). Just as importantly the city's economy has never been better than it is now. This is the ideal time to negotiate. The state law looks at ability of the municipality to pay in arbitrating settlements. NYC has the ability to pay city workers more.
Uniform unions are waiting for the PBA arbitration. Maybe this is the time they can significantly beat the pattern because the city economy is so strong. We have nothing to lose by waiting to find out.
I went to the IMF site. This contract ends in 2022. The projected US inflation rate for 2019 is 2.1%, for 2020: 2.3%, for 2021: 2.2% and for 2022 it is 2.2% Add them all up and it is 8.8%.
Who do you trust?
Raises are 7.5%.
Bottom line: pay cut.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO/OEMDC
Contract is 43 months and not three years Jeff.
If you really wanted to help us you'd post info on how to opt out.
You can't opt out until next June. Opting out now is beyond stupid as the union could rightfully deem you a non-member and take away your voting rights.
How do we opt out?
will pass 90% with 90% not voting.
So James, your solution for the raises is to go on strike and wait for the PBA's arbitration on the chance that they break the pattern?
No to mobilize in a series of building actions to put pressure on the city.
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