tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post3783784305977596256..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: VILLAGE VOICE ASKS IF AMERICA IS READY FOR A GENERAL STRIKEJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-68615021029877848792017-02-23T07:53:59.604-05:002017-02-23T07:53:59.604-05:00"We strike - we allow our position to be fill..."We strike - we allow our position to be filled by non union members." We allow a charter school to open we allow all positions lost to the charter to be filled by non union members. <br />I guess you prefer a passive slow death rather than a fighting chance to win something.<br /><br />But the bigger issue pointed out is how the UFT plays a partnership role in making sure there won't be a strike, thereby demonstrating to the powers that be their value and why they should be kept in business. <br />Dems know that and that is why they are against right to work.<br />Republicans assume that by trying to kill the unions they will benefit -- maybe short term -- but without a union bureaucracy to exert control who knows what militant leadership might arise -- ie - think Shanker in 1960-- <br /><br />ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-65092755361286687362017-02-22T17:48:00.567-05:002017-02-22T17:48:00.567-05:00How many transit workers were fired in 2005? 0 Whe...How many transit workers were fired in 2005? 0 Where does it say we get fired if we strike? James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58184260260162283712017-02-22T09:58:21.086-05:002017-02-22T09:58:21.086-05:00Keep in mind that all UFT teachers are bound under...Keep in mind that all UFT teachers are bound under the laws of the Taylor Law. We strike - we allow our position to be filled by non union members. The two for one is a small price to pay - the loss of a job and medical coverage WOWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-86984055191945831022017-02-21T09:50:25.576-05:002017-02-21T09:50:25.576-05:00You have a very valid point 9:05 am on how effecti...You have a very valid point 9:05 am on how effective a strike could be. A teacher's strike won't happen because the leadership would never organize or mobilize for one. They would lose automatic dues checkoff as a penalty and the Unity empire would crumble faster than Friedrichs the sequel if chapter leaders have to collect dues from all the teachers individually. I would pay and would go around collecting if the UFT showed real guts. I don't see it happening.<br /><br />Back after the 2005 disaster of a contract, Randi was pushing a no contract=no work possibility for a while. She was even talking about having dues deducted through a labor friendly bank (Amalgamated) as opposed to the DOE to lighten the impact of a strike. Needless to say, nothing came of this and Randi backed off. The early 2006 contract ended all talk of militancy forever in the UFT. Our working conditions have just continued to deteriorate since that time.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-8064071314899509622017-02-21T09:05:55.892-05:002017-02-21T09:05:55.892-05:00I would gladly take 2 days pay cut for each day st...I would gladly take 2 days pay cut for each day striking. NYC would be brought to it's knees if schools were closed even for a few days. The nations biggest babysitter service needs to stay open!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-13227894562404756362017-02-20T20:37:22.558-05:002017-02-20T20:37:22.558-05:00We have to decertify the UFT first before we could...We have to decertify the UFT first before we could start a new one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-43163948345660615752017-02-20T20:30:20.252-05:002017-02-20T20:30:20.252-05:00Can't someone or group start a separate Union ...Can't someone or group start a separate Union that people can begin to pay dues into? I know it sounds stupid but I do work for the doe. LolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-24719463692046812142017-02-20T18:38:23.176-05:002017-02-20T18:38:23.176-05:00They certainly would. It would be worth my two day...They certainly would. It would be worth my two days pay for every day on strike to see Mulgrew taken away in handcuffs and put in jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-39411164741305858832017-02-20T14:59:29.036-05:002017-02-20T14:59:29.036-05:00If we go on strike, we lose 2 days pay for every d...If we go on strike, we lose 2 days pay for every day we strike. UFT leaders can go to jail I believe. Is this the case?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-33461575749277845562017-02-20T11:16:25.869-05:002017-02-20T11:16:25.869-05:00What school? Perhaps we met along the way at the s...What school? Perhaps we met along the way at the school closing fights.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-31735662573045856792017-02-20T10:48:59.515-05:002017-02-20T10:48:59.515-05:00I love your blog. Read every post. I am 100% ready...I love your blog. Read every post. I am 100% ready for a general strike. I am 100% ready for a city strike! I think we should have done this when they started closing "failing" schools. I work at one of the 20 schools Bloomberg decimated. I was horrible and terrifying. Our school did everything they ( DOE, JIT) asked for, they just asked for more. We organized students, parents, alum, local businesses, etc,,, We spoke at the PEP until 2 in the morning. The UFT was NO help at all. When we had to reapply for our jobs, the UFT rep on the hiring committee was worse than the DOE hiring rep. People who were not working at those schools or the current renewal schools HAVE NOT IDEA how bad it can get. Now I work at a "successful" school. It all comes down to zip code an demographics.... figure it out. The practices and the teaching talent and technique is NOWHERE near as good as the "failing" school I worked at. But the people I currently work with are clueless, they buy into the narrative too that because the successful school has good data their teaching must be good. Most ( not all) of the UFT membership is a bunch of morons basically. We don't have a union. We don't stick together because if we did their would have been a strike back in 2002 with mayoral control, 2005 when the ATR situation was created... back in 2010-2012 when the mayor started closing schools. Do I want to pay union dues to this union - HELL NO! But would I pay double the dues to a union that seeks to protect its members- Yes I would! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com