There is a story on the UFT main webpage about a win in a case against the principal of PS 186 in Queens who was retaliating against members for exercising their union rights. This is what the UFT says:
Grievance victory at PS 186 in Queens
A four-year-long battle against a retaliatory principal who created terrible working conditions has ended in triumph for the UFT chapter at PS 186 in Queens. An arbitrator has ruled that the principal must "cease and desist" her anti-union behavior after the members filed a grievance.
There is a video showing the District Rep, the Borough Rep, and a Grievance Department Rep talking to the teachers. Below are a couple of screenshots from the UFT video:
We totally agree with applauding the bravery and commitment of the PS 186 UFT Chapter.
We do have several questions:
1-Why did it take four years for this case to be decided by an arbitrator? What happened in the meantime?
2-Why wasn't President Michael Mulgrew standing with this Chapter at this school at the first sign of trouble in 2018? He did send political director Paul Egan but why wasn't Mulgrew there right from the start and all along the way?
3-What happens to the Principal if she violates the cease and desist order?
4-Did the arbitrator retain jurisdiction or does it go back to step I if the principal violates the cease and desist order?
5-Will Michael Mulgrew commit to visiting any school himself where there are verified reports of a consistently abusive principal?
6 comments:
The bigger question is how many teachers lost their teaching careers in NYC due to this evil principal?
This is not a real victory. Perhaps a Pyrrhic victory.
Mulgrew and his UFT lackeys' victories are sick jokes, not victories.
I know it is the end of the day but the teachers look defeated in that video. They certainly don't look triumphant.
Was the UFT really afraid of naming the principal as Melissa Haidary in the video story?
https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000043051
www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q186
www.nycenet.edu/OA/SchoolReports/2017-18/Quality_Review_2018_Q186.pdf
www.nycenet.edu/OA/SchoolReports/2014-15/Quality_Review_2015_Q186.pdf
James, can you please obtain and post a copy of the arbitrator’s decision? In the past, the UFT has posted arbitration decisions on their website. Why wouldn’t they this time?
If this is such a “triumph” and “proud day,” then they should be publicizing the actual decision.
Unity Party doing the work!
I have always advocated that we need a mechanism that identifies snd investigates administrative abuse. There is data such as turnover numbers, school environment survey, teacher evaluation numbers. We need an independent committee to investigate the red flags.
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