I have no idea why this took a week, but tonight the UFT released final tallies on the contract ratification. The UFT noted that it was overwhelmingly approved by most teachers and others but they did not even bother mentioning how the therapists resoundingly defeated their contract. I added the bold for the therapists just for them. Almost 12,000 no votes and opposition wasn't in too many schools. If only we organized in them.
Job Title Yes No Percent Ratifying
Teachers
(all titles covered under teachers' contract) 53,107 8,601 86%
Paraprofessionals 17,862 1,891 90%
School Secretaries 2,335 180 93%
Guidance Counselors 1,878 282 87%
Psychologists & Social Workers 904 135 87%
Occupational and physical therapists 455 796 36%
Staff Nurses 267 15 95%
Attendance Teachers 109 2 98%
Hearing Officers 106 6 95%
Supervisors of School Security 56 0 100%
Lab Specialists 39 5 89%
Supervisors of Nurses and Therapists 21 6 78%
Sign Language Interpreters 18 0 100%
Directors of Alcohol and Substance Abuse 7 0 100%
Totals 77,164 11,919 87%
There were 89,083 total votes cast this year compared to 90,459 in 2014. That's 1,376 fewer voters. In terms of teachers, there were 61,708 votes cast in 2018 compared to 64,232 in 2014. I can't explain that 2,524 drop in numbers for teachers. Perhaps it shows where the UFT is dead in some schools.
How many total teachers are there in the uft active.
ReplyDeleteAround 70,000 teachers
ReplyDeleteDOE website says 75,000 teachers.
ReplyDeleteWe usually go by the ballots sent out in elections. In 2016 the rough numbers were less than 20k in high schools, around 12K MIDDLE and 36K in elem. SO maybe there are 7 thousand more teachers over the past 3 years. And we also need to subtract the agency fee payers who don’t vote. About 3000 or so,
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