Even though they were threatened with disbanding their department, the Long Beach Long Island Police Benevolent Association last month rejected a contract that would have given them on average annual 2% raises over the lifetime of the deal.
From Newsday:
The Long Beach Police union rejected a proposed 12-year contract Thursday night after city officials had warned before the vote that the city is not in a financial position to maintain its own department without concessions from officers.
The pact included a 24% raise over a dozen years, but put limits on payouts, vacation and sick time and required contributions to health insurance, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by Newsday.
The department of 70 full-time officers serves about 35,000 residents and responded to 15,722 calls last year, according to a state finance board report.
Long Beach police officers are paid $165,374 on average, which is the highest among all cities in the state, according to the state comptroller’s office.
You gotta like working people who are making pretty good money but still refuse to just surrender their hard earned gains.
GO LONG BEACH!
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Sometimes unions just can't be afraid.
ReplyDeleteSo when are things changing for us?
ReplyDeleteAs soon as you get off your god damn ass and start organizing people.
ReplyDeleteGo ahead. There are 150k uft members. Minus 1 shouldn't hurt. What has been done the last 2 decades? Nobody has done anything? Sounds hopeful.
ReplyDeletePassive membership is as worrying as do nothing leadership.
ReplyDeleteYa know what is funny, people bitch about people opting out and doing nothing. Meanwhile, while only a few opted out, the other, as stated above, 100k plus, have done nothing...Then, Now, Forever. So,bottom line,. nothing has been done. Nothing is changing. Certainly, Mulgrew said 239 opted out I think, those 239 shouldnt make a difference. And before, there was no opt out, so with 100% membership, nothing was made better.
ReplyDeleteThat apathy is on the membership. It is our fault. Leadership is quite happy with things as they are. Why shouldn't they be? They are doing quite well.
ReplyDeleteHaha. 239 opted out. If true, uft has tons of money coming in. If untrue, uft is, as usual, full of shit.
ReplyDeleteGreat news...Grade rate highest ever...Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Record High Graduation Rate
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Graduation rate rises to 77.3 percent, increases in all five boroughs as achievement gap continues to narrow
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced that New York City’s 2019 four-year high school graduation rate has reached a record high of 77.3 percent. Since the start of the administration, the graduation rate has increased 8.9 percentage points, from 68.4 percent in August 2014 to 77.3 percent in August 2019.
“I have never accepted the status quo and I certainly won’t when it comes to the future of our children,” said Mayor de Blasio. “For the sixth year in a row our record graduation rate is proving that when you invest in equity and excellence for every student in every neighborhood, success follows.”
“New York City students continue to raise the bar and then exceed it. For the sixth consecutive year, we have achieved a record high graduation rate of 77.3 percent, and this year we are seeing that success grow across every borough and every demographic,” said Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza. “This isn’t happening in a vacuum—college readiness rates and postsecondary enrollment rates continue to rise, and we’re on track to achieve our goal of an 84 percent graduation rate by 2026. We’re going to continue to focus on narrowing the achievement gap and ensure that we are seeing both equity and excellence in action in our schools every day.”
Among the cohort of students who entered 9th grade in the fall of 2015, the graduation rate rose 1.4 percentage points compared to the year prior. For the sixth consecutive year under this administration, graduation rates hit record highs, graduation success is across the board, and the achievement gap continues to narrow:
The graduation rate was 88.2 percent for Asian students in 2019, a 0.1 point increase from 2018 and a 5.6 point increase from 2014.
The graduation rate was 73.7 percent for Black students in 2019, a 1.6 point increase from 2018 and a 9.9 point increase from 2014.
The graduation rate was 72.0 percent for Hispanic students in 2019, a 2.1 point increase from 2018 and a 10.6 point increase from 2014.
The graduation rate was 85.0 percent for White students in 2019, a 0.8 point increase from 2018 and a 4.4 point increase from 2014.
The graduation rate for Current English Language Learners (students who were identified as ELLs during the school year of their last enrollment) and Former English Language Learners (students who had been classified as ELLs and exited ELL status within the past two school years) increased by 4.3 percentage points, rising from 57.4% in 2018 to 61.7% in 2019. When looking just at Current English Language Learners, the graduation rate increased by 6.2 percentage points since 2018, which is more than twice the gain made by the rest of the State.
There were also gains among students with disabilities, with a 2.1 percentage point increase, rising from 50.4% in 2018 to 52.6% in 2019. Since 2014, graduation rates for students with disabilities in New York City have increased by 12.1 percentage points, outpacing the gains made by the rest of the State over the past five years.
The largest improvement in graduation rates was in the Bronx, with a borough-wide record-high of 70.2%.
Graduation
2019 # Cohort
% 2019 Grad
% 2018 Grad
Pt. Diff
Bronx
13,891
70.2
67.4
+2.8
Brooklyn
20,385
77.0
76.6
+2.2
Manhattan
15,274
78.3
76.7
+1.6
Queens
19,788
80.7
79.5
+1.1
Staten Island
4,434
82.7
80.8
+2.0
The improvements in graduation rates reflect larger improvements in postsecondary awareness, readiness, and access across New York City public schools. Earlier this school year, Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza announced:
The highest-ever postsecondary enrollment rate – 62 percent.
Of all kids who began their freshman year in 2015, 88.2 percent of Asian students were handed a diploma last year, followed by whites at 85 percent, blacks at 73.7 percent, and Hispanics at 72 percent, according to the figures.
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