tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post2432702533091135436..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: SUNY PROFESSORS GOT EXPANSIVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE LAST MONTH AT NO COSTJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-14506300101340745552018-06-24T07:59:42.076-04:002018-06-24T07:59:42.076-04:00People are afraid to be labeled anti women if they...People are afraid to be labeled anti women if they Don't support paid parental leave. That is what it comes down to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-61269949421351569612018-06-24T07:44:37.919-04:002018-06-24T07:44:37.919-04:00UFT creates a pattern that all city workers are no...UFT creates a pattern that all city workers are now stuck with That is worse than the state pattern. State in financial trouble while city having great times. Precedent set now workers pay for this in city. Precedent is government pays for it in state. Only way Mulgrew wins is if he gets much bigger raise than 2% a year in next contract. I doubt that happens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-28786870349232006232018-06-22T07:48:22.635-04:002018-06-22T07:48:22.635-04:00As an out of the classroom teacher for a bunch of ...As an out of the classroom teacher for a bunch of years why did I have to pay for class sizes of 32? Screw them and let them have 40 and give us a raise.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42027714247804756862018-06-22T05:15:31.712-04:002018-06-22T05:15:31.712-04:00THANK YOU ANNO 10:11! Your points about the fact t...THANK YOU ANNO 10:11! Your points about the fact that we are going to have to pay for this forever is exactly what I have been telling all the clueless teachers at my school. They are all super duper giggly and all want to get pregnant now so they can take a "paid" leave. This is disgusting. As a childless woman who does not want kids, why should I now forever loose decent future raises to pay for irresponsible parents who obviously can't afford to have a kid with their own savings? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-75064981354256225912018-06-21T22:11:36.018-04:002018-06-21T22:11:36.018-04:00Parental Leave is a SCAM!!!!! (Some quick analysis...Parental Leave is a SCAM!!!!! (Some quick analysis)<br /><br />I wanted to be excited about the new "Parental Leave," and like many of my friends on Facebook was. I am a foster parent, I have adopted several children and I plan to have more in the future. I am not a woman hating man either, I supported a leave that worked for "most"...but the details are horrible here!<br /><br />1. The City is just trying to save the UFT and the UFT got $51 million dollars every year forever from the city. You will NOT be paid by the city, you will be paid by the Welfare Fund. The city funnels the money into the Welfare fund, the UFT pays out a little of it and keeps the rest as their slush fund.<br /><br />2. Unpaid leave is NOT pensionable! Again, you don't get paid by the NYC DOE, you get paid from the UFT. So the Parental Leave time will not count towards your service.<br /><br />3. You do NOT have to use your CAR days...as a matter of fact I was told you can’t unless you are a “birth mother.” So there is no way to get the time pensionable or as part of your DOE salary if you are near retirement.<br /><br />4. We are all paying for it, and a lot. A one year raise at 2% for the UFT is estimated by the IBO to cost $240 million dollars. 73 days of lost raises is $48,000,000 dollars a year in perpetuity. My question is, what happens when our salaries grow, but the contributions to the Welfare Fund by the city don't? The UFT now has an incentive NOT to fight for higher raises for us, this benefit could strip the Welfare Fund bare in the future! <br /><br />5. The city and UFT have you by the proverbial chain. If you take the benefit then you must return for 12 months or pay it back in full. <br /><br />6. There's a lot hidden about who will be eligible: "If you have taken other leaves of absence prior to the parental leave, you should contact your UFT borough office with questions about their eligibility." It sounds like a smaller and smaller group will ever see the lauded benefits here.<br /><br />7. For foster and adoption the child must be under 6. Trust me, a 7 year old needs just as-much if not more bonding time than a 2 year old.<br /><br />8. If two parents work for the UFT they only get a total of 6 weeks they can use. So you both have to pay for it with 73 days of no raises, but you can't both benefit from it!<br /><br />9. If you receive your child/Have your baby during the summer you may lose all or part of the benefit. A man, woman adopting, people fostering, etc. only gets 6 weeks, so there is a large swath of the year(summer) you would not benefit. Again, the UFT walks away with $51 million every year forever and most of us get NOTHING!<br /><br />10. Our chance at paid FMLA leave is gone. The UFT settled for nothing! Remember, this is only for parents, not for personal illness, taking care of a sick family members, etc. like NYS mandates for private employees now.<br /><br />I am sure there are a lot more bombs to come when the full details see the light of day. The UFT is by far the biggest winner, watch closely, the Welfare Fund will not payout $51 million dollars for decades...but they will hire 100’s of Unity Hacks to administer the money!<br /><br />But rest assured, NYC gave us nothing! We ALL paid for it with our own money! Michael Mulgrew and UFT are horrible negotiators, they go in with a dollar of OUR MONEY and come out with ten-dimes for themselves and call it a win.<br /><br />David IronsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-78183824120162928182018-06-21T18:18:29.897-04:002018-06-21T18:18:29.897-04:00Maybe 5% leave. Unity can pull things together bea...Maybe 5% leave. Unity can pull things together beautifully. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-78842176615470737092018-06-21T16:53:22.999-04:002018-06-21T16:53:22.999-04:00So the city is saving by not giving us a raise? Bu...So the city is saving by not giving us a raise? But the UFT is paying the parental leave? So I'm assuming the city will give the UFT the money we would have received between November and February. So did Mulgrew just figure out how to get a free loan to keep the UFT afloat if Janus turns out bad and we lose people? Uft would get ten of millions up front, but would only pay out a little each year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29562196378476989882018-06-21T16:37:56.697-04:002018-06-21T16:37:56.697-04:00Looks like everyone burned themselves out on this ...Looks like everyone burned themselves out on this yesterday and gave up. Deal still not so good today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com