tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post1804193244707384043..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: NEA PRESS RELEASE ON TRUMP TELLING GOVERNORS TO STRONGLY CONSIDER REOPENING SCHOOLS WITH SOME AFT REACTION TOOJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-50252230599965541972020-05-01T12:59:06.536-04:002020-05-01T12:59:06.536-04:00Where are the left media outlets on cable and broa...Where are the left media outlets on cable and broadcast TV? Outlets like CNN, MSNBC and the networks you talk about are neoLiberal corporate. Not our friends.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-72068312243727887812020-05-01T11:50:03.155-04:002020-05-01T11:50:03.155-04:00James I get it, the main difference is the media i...James I get it, the main difference is the media is complicit with the dems. If the republicans had 7 stations that ruled the propaganda for one party only and liberals had one station you would see how unfair it really has become. Basically true journalism is dead, you have good ones out there , for most part partisan hacks.<br /><br />Just like AOC destroyed 25,000 jobs from coming here another mornic looney tune!Anon2323https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920550598769579282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-43946171895765185012020-05-01T11:27:47.355-04:002020-05-01T11:27:47.355-04:00Why aren't chapter leaders hosting weekly zoom...Why aren't chapter leaders hosting weekly zoom meetings? We need the chapter leaders to get the ball rolling.<br /><br />Otherwise have weekly chapter meetings by borough. It may be the most convenient way to have nearly everyone attend.Anon2323https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920550598769579282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-38278942166843655002020-05-01T09:53:24.969-04:002020-05-01T09:53:24.969-04:00The Onion said it so much better than me:
WASHING...The Onion said it so much better than me:<br /><br />WASHINGTON—Responding to the fallout of accusations against Joe Biden in a series of social media posts and media appearances, Republican politicians and commentators ridiculed Democrats Wednesday for apparently caring as little about sexual assault as they do. “The silence of liberals on these allegations speaks volumes to how they apparently treat sexual assault as lightly and inconsequentially as we as a party always have—man oh man, it’s really astounding,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in a sarcasm-tinged screed that echoed thousands of others posts and messages delivered from conservative surrogates and Congress members predicated on the fact that both Republicans and Democrats dismiss the significance of testimony from women about misconduct, assault, and outright rape in order to achieve their political goals. “What’s interesting is that Democrats have always billed themselves as so high and mighty on this issue and yet they’ve just proven themselves to be as cynically power-hungry as us! For example, they’re dismissing the allegations against Biden because they want to progress their agenda, just the way millions of religious conservatives have ceased to care about the current president’s history of unsettling sexual behavior for the exact same reasons. It’s so rich! We’re all total sacks of shit!” Conservative commentators also pointed out the rank hypocrisy of liberals crassly using past allegations to their political advantage the way Republicans themselves are currently doing.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-80651516158363439672020-05-01T07:28:40.654-04:002020-05-01T07:28:40.654-04:00The standard of belief depends on party. That is r...The standard of belief depends on party. That is rather obvious. Democrats are doing exactly what Republicans do when charges are leveled against them. Forget Cavanaugh and look at Trump. Nobody on the right cares about Trump's many moral failings because he appoints judges who are hostile to labor and abortion.<br /><br />I can see a public school teacher not voting Democrat but Republicans are terrible to unions and teachers so I don't see someone like Trump as an alternative.Betsy De Vos has not been our friend but then again neither was Arne Duncan or John King from Obama's time.<br /><br />To take this further, locally the Republicans want to freeze our pay. Manhattan Institute hates public education. Nationally, Mitch McConnell wants states to declare bankruptcy so they can default on our pensions. 40 years of Republican and corporate Democrat (neoLiberal consensus) rule has meant competition in education which made it a numbers game. Hence, the grade fraud people here complain about. Teachers and administrators don't want to lose their jobs so they pass everyone. This started in Pinochet's Chile, the right wing paradise many on the right want to emulate.<br /><br />In the fields that impact on us, public education and labor, the corporate Democrats are awful but the Republicans want to destroy us.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-71528489829052926932020-04-30T23:04:09.611-04:002020-04-30T23:04:09.611-04:00James,
Blasey ford ...James,<br />Blasey ford Tara Reade<br />- could not remember location, date time -remembers date, time , location<br />- did not tell anyone until 30 years later - told numerous people when it happened<br />- no police report - filed a police report<br /><br />WHO DO YOU BELIEVE HMMMM OH YES IT DEPENDS ON MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY. Left are such hypocrites its beyond mind blowing. Listening to Pelosi, Gillibrand, the hawaiian bitch, kamala, change tune is a fucking jone like #me too fraudAnon2323https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920550598769579282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-9235687087832694422020-04-30T00:27:31.666-04:002020-04-30T00:27:31.666-04:00Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I must admit that...Donald J. Trump<br />@realDonaldTrump<br />I must admit that Lyin’ Brian Williams is, while dumber than hell, quite a bit smarter than Fake News <br />@CNN<br /> “anchorman” Don Lemon, the “dumbest man on television”. Then you have Psycho Joe “What Ever Happened To Your Girlfriend?” Scarborough, another of the low I.Q. individuals!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-47395658837642442972020-04-29T23:49:53.462-04:002020-04-29T23:49:53.462-04:00Mike,
6:01 here. Cuomo, deBlasio, Trump and even ...Mike, <br />6:01 here. Cuomo, deBlasio, Trump and even Mulgrew are protected from lawsuits brought for preforming their duties. Cuomo sent infected people to nursing home that were free of infections. Many died as a direct result of that decision. All the idiots I mentioned above have blood on their hands. Cuomo will do what’s best for Cuomo, as will the other misfits-and that will be reopening the schools ASAP. Babysitters are in high demand for working adults. Prepare accordingly and if you’re dreading that possibility, its time to make a change. All the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-72486185954308115442020-04-29T22:28:04.266-04:002020-04-29T22:28:04.266-04:00Focus on organizing online and standing up for our...Focus on organizing online and standing up for ourselves and our colleagues. We have each other.Thank you for your thoughtful comments Shelley. Please come back.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-13445215667370968882020-04-29T22:22:51.927-04:002020-04-29T22:22:51.927-04:00We can't even assemble. We have an emergency t...We can't even assemble. We have an emergency that has suspended our right to assemble. So what more do you expect from people? That they should put their names, schools, file numbers on specific comments here? In 1776 it was much more difficult to discover who posted a tract or pamphlet. Today we have little privacy and the computer and internet are used to discredit and smear and destroy the reputations of leaders who organize workers. The smearing is often done by members of the union. I know we don't work for Amazon. Fair enough. But people have a rational fear of reprisal. <br /><br /> No one loses their jobs. That's the mantra of Unity. <br /><br />But we all know people who have quit, have been forced to retire, been excessed, bounced about and harassed, shunned by members, treated like pariah, and have done nothing to deserve it. And have paid dearly with loss of income, health, sanity. <br /><br />We all know that the system is full to the brim with nepotism and favoritism and petty politics and perquisites and contractual clauses that undermine solidarity. <br /><br />We all know that the war on teachers continues. <br /><br />we all know that our Union is a bread and butter machine that doesn't organize, that is corrupt to the core, that Unity should be sharing a cell with Sheldon Silver. <br /><br />We all know the sad story of Mulgrew and Randi and the Biden Dems. <br /><br />We know who has our backs and it ain't the people spending our dues. <br /><br />As chapter leader I held many hands and wiped tears. I boosted confidence off the floor where stupid, heartless administrators knocked it. I tried to convince people to fight but often they folded because they felt betrayed or simply sad that after all they had done, after all they had given, they would treated like so much garbage that needed putting out. <br /><br />No, King George is not coming to burn your gradebook, but you had better get your grades up or you will feel the pressure. Observations make teachers very uncomfortable. Of course they are BS. Of course it's doesn't much matter what score you get. But teachers still fear low evaluations. Sure the risks are actually quite low. But you can't convince members of this. You can't. The system all around them says that these observations and evaluations are important. They are not, of course, but even very experienced veteran teachers can't quite just ignore them. <br /><br /><br />But this is all yesterday. Today we face something none of us has ever faced before. We are in a Greater Depression than any the modern world has known. A global contraction that has only begun. In the US, the wealthiest nation, it won't cause a default by the federal government but it will cause defaults by municipalities. There will deep cuts, major cuts in education. Many will lose teaching positions. Fear is a rational response. We can't assemble. For now we may vent because there little more than can be done now. <br /><br />Solidarity is built on trust. A trust that grows with a common pain and a common focus. <br /><br />The pain will be common enough. We must focus. On what? <br /><br /><br /> Shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-54254004560961338532020-04-29T22:17:12.692-04:002020-04-29T22:17:12.692-04:00As an ATR, I’ve been spending more time taking sho...As an ATR, I’ve been spending more time taking showers than I have working. And I’m not bathing every day lol Atr 4 lifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-63212562556584267012020-04-29T22:03:18.021-04:002020-04-29T22:03:18.021-04:00You all matter by the way. Just reading all the co...You all matter by the way. Just reading all the comments. I didn't mean to offend anyone who comments anonymously. You are welcome to do so. I 'm grateful our readership is up. I just want people to step up and stand up for themselves and each other. Acting like a union works.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-89181714606118267872020-04-29T21:39:59.713-04:002020-04-29T21:39:59.713-04:00A petition can be started that educators will not ...A petition can be started that educators will not return unless it is safe proven by science. Students, parents, educators, support staff could all be welcome to sign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-39269994520736501992020-04-29T20:07:03.709-04:002020-04-29T20:07:03.709-04:00Hi Shelley,
I have no problem with anonymous comm...Hi Shelley,<br /><br />I have no problem with anonymous comments. We need more than that now. <br /><br />This is not 1776. King George is not sending the regulars out for you. Nobody is taking an email seriously (I get them all the time) that has a clearly bogus name on it or an anonymous comment that does not mention a particular school complained about.<br /><br />As for the fear, King George's army isn't coming. Nor is King De Bla Blah's probably. Let's look at the numbers. Figure about 50,000 tenured UFTERS. There were around 400 3020a (teacher termination) hearings per year last I looked. Only a fraction of those who are charged are terminated. Let's say the chances are roughly .5% of losing a job. That is why you must keep silent? Come on. I was willing to take bad programs as punishment for speaking out. It is not that risky.<br /><br />Organizing is possible online. UFTers must be ready to walk out if buildings aren't safe.<br /><br />James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-82997153349922810732020-04-29T19:52:59.923-04:002020-04-29T19:52:59.923-04:00Mulgrew was just on cnbc. Mentioned seat time. B...Mulgrew was just on cnbc. Mentioned seat time. But students can never be in class and pass. I'm confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-11262711045313716932020-04-29T19:36:38.737-04:002020-04-29T19:36:38.737-04:00I think that Mulgrew called Weingarten before he m...I think that Mulgrew called Weingarten before he made that decision. <br />Anyway, they're singing a different tune now. Take them at their word- make a plan as employees as to what you need to enter the schools. Right now, Trump signed an order saying that meat packing plants basically have "optional" guidelines to protect worker safety. The governor in Iowa said that if employees didn't return to unsafe plants, they couldn't get unemployment. Don't let them box you in. Get the strongest protection you can-spelled out as if you are a lawyer. Randi said "cleaning" but not everyday. Get together, plan and tell them what you want. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-26979321157094902072020-04-29T19:20:25.533-04:002020-04-29T19:20:25.533-04:00604,
You couldn’t be more wrong. Do you think c...604, <br /><br />You couldn’t be more wrong. Do you think cuomo wants law suits? <br /><br />Mike Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-44970702719239750552020-04-29T19:15:27.270-04:002020-04-29T19:15:27.270-04:00Why do people think we are going back? On 5/15, C...Why do people think we are going back? On 5/15, Cuomo is only allowing upstate construction workers to go back to work. He said nothing about schools. Don't jump the gun. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-2825984791053545952020-04-29T18:13:04.334-04:002020-04-29T18:13:04.334-04:00James Eterno,
May I suggest that you have the rig...James Eterno, <br />May I suggest that you have the right to vent your frustration with anonymity, though it is weakening your argument about the need for members to do more than vent anonymously. Visits to your Blog have increased and some people with leverage have noticed. All good. But I'm certain I don't need to remind you that anonymity was once a crime, sometimes a mortal sin, punishable by death and damnation and that many of the publications that helped found our nation were published anonymously. Anonymity is protected by our constitution and courts and its recent rash may be a sign of the times. Paranoia is not completely unwarranted. That said, we can't very well expect to change anything with anonymous vents here or in any other forum. Before the plague, you argued that the fear, some of it irrational and counterproductive, of teachers and other UFT members, when other teacher unions, several in in Red States were striking, when unemployment was 3.5%, and when the most favorable political balance in NY supported aggressive if not militant agitation must be overcome. And this was good council then. But we about to experience the Greater Depression. Fear is not irrational or counterproductive now. Fear is rational. Fear may save us. <br />We can not organize, when we can't even stand together on the street. And we must go to the street. We must be patient. We should not silence or chastise nameless vents. We will need a massive movement and focus. The venting will get out the many things we can't focus on and bring us to focus. <br /><br />In Solidarty, <br /><br />Shelley Shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-48282390188537152942020-04-29T18:11:03.290-04:002020-04-29T18:11:03.290-04:00@5:25 pm: i don't understand your point.@5:25 pm: i don't understand your point.waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-47324531810754253292020-04-29T18:04:19.674-04:002020-04-29T18:04:19.674-04:00The day everyone gets sent back and the UFT approv...The day everyone gets sent back and the UFT approves, don't. Don't ever go back. Do you want to spend what's left of your good years beating your head against a wall? Cuomo will do it soon by the way - 5/15; mostly to embarass deBlasio, but also to curry favor with Trump and for political expediency. People are fed up with everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-50180857071356449202020-04-29T17:25:17.282-04:002020-04-29T17:25:17.282-04:00This student has 9.5 english credits..."I try...This student has 9.5 english credits..."I try to do this you know I do not speak much English"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-80361899028808667462020-04-29T16:56:16.501-04:002020-04-29T16:56:16.501-04:00@11:29 am: why do you think there is "a rat o...@11:29 am: why do you think there is "a rat or informant" on this blog? Please explain.waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-19095024210445570342020-04-29T16:09:35.656-04:002020-04-29T16:09:35.656-04:00@12:57 pm: you matter you matter. Are you okay now...@12:57 pm: you matter you matter. Are you okay now?waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-33401603180927267992020-04-29T16:04:09.164-04:002020-04-29T16:04:09.164-04:00@12:10 pm...They still won't do anything when ...@12:10 pm...They still won't do anything when the schools re open. I will be surprised if anything changes. Doe gave educators their Arce to shine. Let's see if the fake gradez continue. Fail those who deserve to fail.waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.com