Thursday, February 02, 2023

DC 37 BARGAINING UPDATE; UFT NEGOTIATIONS UNDER CONE OF SILENCE

Municipal unions are in contract negotiations as contracts for nearly all City workers have expired. The two largest unions, DC 37 and the UFT, are meeting separately with the City.

DC 37 appears to be ahead of the UFT. That is important as the first City worker union that settles establishes a pattern for salary increases. Every union that follows basically receives a financial package that must adhere to that pattern.

In this update, DC 37 writes about bargaining on raises and interestingly mentions maintaining premium free healthcare as part of their bargaining. We know the UFT is also in negotiations but they are secret. The UFT won't even admit that healthcare is a subject of negotiations. 

UFT President Michael Mulgrew did say this to Gothamist:

“Right now, I don't think the city is prepared to actually give all city workers the raises they deserve,” said Michael Mulgrew, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents 120,000 workers currently employed by the Department of Education, during a phone interview on Tuesday.

“I think you're going to have to see some friction,” he added. The contract for the teachers’ union expired in September.

Your interpretation is welcome.

2 comments:

John Q. Teacher said...

Well, well, well. It seems like my idea from yesterday about getting rid of the extra in school time for UFT members could work. DC37 is now in negotiations to possibly allow more work do be done remotely. If this is the case, so could we. Our new contract should allow teachers to do the mandated extended parent engagement time and PD before or after school or even on weekends. Just let us log into PD of our choice or from pre-planned PD that admin creates. Teachers can sign log in sheets to prove that they are doing it. Before 2005 we only had one in school staff meeting and that can stay the same. Cheers to DC37 who not only have the balls to push for more remote work possibilities, but also for ACTUALLY SHARING contract updates with its members. Mulgoon should be doing the same.

John Q. Teacher said...

James, what are your thoughts on this?