Michael Mulgrew's latest email ending the emergency coverage agreement is below.
I have to laugh when he says we won't be exploited: The evaluation system, doing nothing when the DOE sent UFTers into unsafe buildings for useless PD in March 2020 when COVID was raging out of control, contracts with salary increases that don't keep up with inflation including one that made us wait almost 12 years to be paid back in full for work we did in 2009, working 7 days of spring break in 2020 in exchange for 4 sick bank days and a promise the UFT can go to arbitration for pay later (later turns out is December 2021 so it looks like another almost two year delay to get anything), etc.
Dear _________,
As you have so many times during this pandemic, you stepped up again this past week to minimize the disruption to teaching and learning caused by the vaccine mandate. Understanding the need to maintain the safety and well-being of our students and colleagues, many of you showed flexibility and assumed duties that were not part of your normal scope of work.
The DOE’s lack of organization made your job more difficult than necessary, yet again. The DOE continues to show little understanding of what short-staffed schools actually need. That is why we are writing to you today to inform you that the emergency staffing agreement that took effect on Oct. 4 will not be renewed for this coming week.
We can be flexible when necessary, but we will not be exploited. Starting this week and going forward, you may only be asked to perform the job duties delineated in your DOE-UFT contract. If you are asked to do anything else, please let us know immediately by calling 212-331-6311 on Tuesday.
Please also let us know if you normally have a borough or central office position and have been redeployed to a school inappropriately — either out of your work borough or outside your license area.
Principals have been given additional funds to hire substitutes. They should follow the traditional means of filling absences and vacancies rather than pulling staff from their regular assignments.
We will continue to support our school communities, but we cannot let the DOE take advantage of our members’ goodwill. It needs to provide us with the proper staffing and send us substitutes so we can continue to do the work we are best trained to do. The DOE’s lack of planning is unacceptable, and it is the DOE’s responsibility to make this right.
Thank you again for everything that you do.
Sincerely,
Michael Mulgrew
UFT President
14 comments:
James must laugh, while demanding we pay who he is laughing at.
Mulgrew is a complete ass James and you know it.
The agreement should never have happened. We didn't ask for force vax the mayor did. This forced vax mandate resulted in making it harder for us to do our jobs, we are teaching, masked, in crowded classrooms and hallways enough. Mulgrew is the garbage we need to get ride of.
Mulgrew is garbage but the force fax mandate was necessary. It keeps us safe which is something that the right Trump supporters, Fox News watches will never understand. It’s not a hoax.
Vaccinated people spread covid. If you only watch cnn you probably don’t know that. Enjoy your crowded classrooms freedom haters.
This is just the beginning. The pandemic just caused a greater teacher shortage—all over the country. Staffing shortages could last indefinitely,
Perhaps, Mulgrew can negotiate a more realistic starting salary of at $75,000 to $80,000 and bring a 15-18 year longevity—instead of 22 years
If they bring the maximum salary down to 18 years, then I want my back salary for 4 years. Too bad, wait like everyone else or become an administrator to make more money.
"wait like everyone else or become an administrator". Nice job looking out for each other. If I can't benefit retroactively, to hell with everyone else.
"Enjoy your crowded classrooms freedom haters." I'm enjoying my paycheck.
10:43: Exactly. We all have to put our time in.
So mulgrew said last time that arbitration for spring break would take place in beginning of October. He's now saying December? If they put it in first, what's the hold up? Or they just waiting for adams to take over in January?
Why hasn't the uft mentioned this? Think this is good for our students?
NEW - Record high 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August.
@10:43 then you wonder why there's division between vaxxed and unvaxxed. What's the difference? Everyone just cares about themselves. That does not a strong union make.
So glad the strongest union in the country gets us such outstanding raises.
Turns out it’s going to be a “dark winter” for many Americans. The cost of heating their homes this year will be double last year.
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