tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post7257560879155324584..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: WHY DIDN'T THE UFT USE THE TIME SCHEDULE AS LEVERAGE TO GET THE EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE?Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-28019187579426275222021-06-07T06:26:05.784-04:002021-06-07T06:26:05.784-04:00By naming the incentive an “Early Retirement Incen...By naming the incentive an “Early Retirement Incentive” a few teachers thought that meant they might be able to retire and collect a pension earlier than age 55. And support fizzled in the ranks when the reality emerged. <br /><br />A more accurate name might have been “Retirement Incentive for the Age 55+“. Of course only a small subset of teachers within the already small slice of the 55+ teachers set would actually want to go for it. Another reason why the UFT wouldn’t give up much of anything in a ‘fight’ for it. The Veteran NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805569561084847792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-55840301518136370692021-06-06T14:48:31.415-04:002021-06-06T14:48:31.415-04:00I agree, he had also approved the last ERI!!I agree, he had also approved the last ERI!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-45873064030085418812021-06-06T11:30:48.459-04:002021-06-06T11:30:48.459-04:00The UFT leaders don’t really want or rather don’t ...The UFT leaders don’t really want or rather don’t care about an ERI. They don’t have to worry about an early retirement so then it doesn’t count. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-46614031254295814742021-06-06T11:30:43.526-04:002021-06-06T11:30:43.526-04:00The UFT leaders don’t really want or rather don’t ...The UFT leaders don’t really want or rather don’t care about an ERI. They don’t have to worry about an early retirement so then it doesn’t count. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-48566301617229582832021-06-06T10:46:55.978-04:002021-06-06T10:46:55.978-04:00The city does indeed keep the difference between a...The city does indeed keep the difference between a 7% and 33%. I remember, it must be a decade ago, a similar scenario, that Stringer got himself involved in. The city had just as large a windfall from our money but paid a 25% management fee to the company managing it. Other companies were getting anywhere from 1 to 5% and Stringer was trying to figure out what was going on. I never heard a resolution, but somebody got very wealthy. I don’t know if the city is still throwing away money like that in management fees , but they are more than willing to give billions of dollars away for no reason to almost anyone rather than give it to teachers. Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29574318742261530632021-06-05T22:15:59.893-04:002021-06-05T22:15:59.893-04:00Lmaooo. Nothing scaredy cat about my world, I just...Lmaooo. Nothing scaredy cat about my world, I just like being healthy. - HawkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-2004897012412484332021-06-05T21:47:18.497-04:002021-06-05T21:47:18.497-04:00Yes, I prefer Bloomberg over de Blasio. Yes, I prefer Bloomberg over de Blasio. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-5528316324003257662021-06-05T20:25:45.037-04:002021-06-05T20:25:45.037-04:00I went into a NYC public library today-they are st...I went into a NYC public library today-they are still not open for in person computer classes<br /><br />Told just remote only<br /><br />How is a NYC who needs help learning how to use a computer supposed to do so virtually-So school is safe for unvaccinated elementary students but a properly ventalated library classroom is not.<br /><br />Mulgrew and DeBlasio I hope they rott in hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87022445530634136622021-06-05T19:05:48.716-04:002021-06-05T19:05:48.716-04:0010:01. You called the commenter a jackass so in yo...10:01. You called the commenter a jackass so in your scaredy cat world that means you won. Congratulations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-49483927534019741932021-06-05T10:20:12.266-04:002021-06-05T10:20:12.266-04:00Being bad for nyc teachers doesn’t mean bad for ny...Being bad for nyc teachers doesn’t mean bad for nyc. Anon2323. Nyc is a lost cause. Get out. They will always vote for a soft on crime mayor. Suburbs are a whole different world. Much better quality of life. Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Ulster. Start looking. One of my best decisions was exiting nyc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-83007704024990892872021-06-05T10:01:27.901-04:002021-06-05T10:01:27.901-04:00If I had a job that required me to be in work and ...If I had a job that required me to be in work and zero remote option I’d do it. Teachers had that option! If grocery and all the rest could’ve been remote they would have. It has nothing to do with being a coward , it has to do with being intelligent and healthy. Jackass.<br />- HawkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-59463698102375695092021-06-05T09:13:12.182-04:002021-06-05T09:13:12.182-04:0060% of parents chose remote and that is why the ma...60% of parents chose remote and that is why the majority of the school system is still remote. It is what the parents wanted.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-79522999341766002212021-06-05T09:08:17.336-04:002021-06-05T09:08:17.336-04:00Prehistoric, I believe the city gets the excess fr...Prehistoric, I believe the city gets the excess from the fixed fund after the 7% interest is paid out. In years when the investments do not earn 7%, the city has to make up the difference. To the best of my knowledge in most years the city investments earn over 7% and the city pockets the excess, not us.<br /><br />If you are in diversified equity, you gain or lose based on how well the investments do.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87834567830526448612021-06-05T08:32:48.108-04:002021-06-05T08:32:48.108-04:0011:15, I know where you are going and that debate ...11:15, I know where you are going and that debate is done here. You had your say here now start your blog.<br /><br />Anon2323, This post is on politics but not the mayor's race. I went and looked up Fernando Mateo's positions on schools. This is from a CBS 2 interview.<br /><br />Mateo: "I believe in that parents are the ultimate guardians of their children. Parents should have the right to carry a voucher and send their kids to whatever school they choose. Why? Because I dropped out of school at 14. Because I was a victim of the school system. I know what goes on in public school. And it’s not fun. When your sneakers get robbed, when your coat gets robbed, and you go home without a coat and barefooted, because some bully took your sneakers and your coat away. I believe that parents should be able to decide where their kids are going to go to school.<br /><br />And with that, I will certainly accept as many charter schools as possible, because they’re providing better education."<br /><br />Mateo is not our friend. Vouchers and charters gives public money to private schools which ultimately leaves public schools with the students who choose public ed along with pupils charters and private schools don't want and we get reduced funding. School choice is designed to kill public education. See Bloomberg years. Do we really want to go back to that?James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-6173557559457342702021-06-05T08:13:12.836-04:002021-06-05T08:13:12.836-04:00The cowardly part comes in once you’re vaccinated ...The cowardly part comes in once you’re vaccinated and still too scared to go back to work. NY had 271 deaths per 100,000. Florida had 171 per 100,000. Ny schools closed. Florida schools opened. California closed. 161 out of 100,000. This data doesn’t support either argument. It suggests other variables besides schools driving infection rates. My uneducated guess... open spaces, and more outdoor activities and overall health of residents was important. The bottom line is any ny teacher who wanted a vaccine, got one by now. Schools should be fully open now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-59909030207756810662021-06-05T07:18:20.132-04:002021-06-05T07:18:20.132-04:00Now it is time to pull for Fernando Mateo for Mayo...Now it is time to pull for Fernando Mateo for Mayor, love how Flynn backed him. Finished with dems ruining new york and other dem cities all over this country.<br /><br />The million-dollar question is why we never got interest for 12 years on our retro money, are these scum bags paying us back with our interest.<br /><br />FDNY AND NYPD GET 20 years why do we need 25-30 years? 25/50 can be negotiated not like 25 years is not putting in your time obviously we have 25/55.Anon2323https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920550598769579282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-54791720851632050022021-06-04T23:15:53.958-04:002021-06-04T23:15:53.958-04:00James wrote the below, but demands we contribute t...James wrote the below, but demands we contribute to this disaster. <br /><br />"Jonathan, Getting thousands of your members hopes up as a law passes in Albany for something Mulgrew knew he wouldn't go all out for is awful optics on the part of the UFT.<br /><br />We knew the money was coming from DC the day Warnock and Ossoff were elected in early January. There was no need to push this through in Albany in March and April if the UFT was not going to use its clout with de Blasio to make it a reality."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-29073702842125378152021-06-04T22:52:27.942-04:002021-06-04T22:52:27.942-04:00Yes 7:16 -cowards like you who think that going to...Yes 7:16 -cowards like you who think that going to work is putting your life on the line. Good thing groceries store workers and truck drivers delivering goods didn't have your mindset or you'd be<br /> starving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-52965457492599726212021-06-04T22:50:48.526-04:002021-06-04T22:50:48.526-04:00I agree James. I am a DC 37 member but alas, I wor...I agree James. I am a DC 37 member but alas, I work for the DOE.We just got an email from Henry Garrido, that they will push to get the ERI for the other agencies since 6/30 is their deadline. So close, yet so far. Thank you for all you do. Be well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-982557215445034702021-06-04T22:11:42.006-04:002021-06-04T22:11:42.006-04:00How does our profession seem selfish when all we d...How does our profession seem selfish when all we do is bend over backwards for students and parents. How many teachers will never strike cause it will hurt the kids education? Too many! NYPD would strike and let people literally die if they had to. This job is not life and death, we should strike when need be. But we don’t cause many are the exact opposite of selfish and a little to giving if you ask me. - HawkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-789985214088911832021-06-04T22:06:34.542-04:002021-06-04T22:06:34.542-04:009:52, the billions earned by TDA investments do no...9:52, the billions earned by TDA investments do not belong to the city. They belong to the teachers who have invested in the variable funds. The rise in the diversified equity fund to $132 a share represents a <br />real windfall for teachers savvy or lucky enough to be invested. In no way was this available for the city to fund the ERIPrehistoric pedagoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309260131781133687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-14344963439137008862021-06-04T21:02:18.073-04:002021-06-04T21:02:18.073-04:00Our profession appeared very selfish, particularly...Our profession appeared very selfish, particularly in NYC. It will be a challenge to get back in the good graces of the public. We don't know how much of that 60% didn't want their kids in masks or with sticks up their noses, or didn't bother because of the split scheduling. Even in the City the resentment from the parents of kids I tutored, overheard in bars, told directly from the bartenders and waitresses, the UPS guys who deliver to our building, the SSAs, flatbed driver when I needed one, guy at the pizzeria, etc. TJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080823411092014871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-51526288090326345002021-06-04T19:16:06.568-04:002021-06-04T19:16:06.568-04:005:58 How are teachers cowards? Did you sign up for...5:58 How are teachers cowards? Did you sign up for this job knowing you’d have to put your life on the line? Didn’t think so. It’s not NYPD or FDNY. No one hates us. Yes, there are many who are jealous and don’t realize all we do. We are not respected and that starts and must change with our own union and rank and file morons like you. - Hawk Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-19322228817746111432021-06-04T18:45:06.732-04:002021-06-04T18:45:06.732-04:00Yes some hate us.or is it just ny post blaming Ran...Yes some hate us.or is it just ny post blaming Randi and uft for closing schools.protesting parents...selfish...yet when the gates were opened, barely any kids returned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-37131611412856305412021-06-04T18:44:49.102-04:002021-06-04T18:44:49.102-04:00Yes some hate us.or is it just ny post blaming Ran...Yes some hate us.or is it just ny post blaming Randi and uft for closing schools.protesting parents...selfish...yet when the gates were opened, barely any kids returned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319462013049592600noreply@blogger.com