tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post8167640197063400279..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A QUICK LOOK AHEAD TO 2018Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-69067511907655024942017-12-28T10:54:57.356-05:002017-12-28T10:54:57.356-05:00If Cuomo gives UFT a waiver, there will be a lawsu...If Cuomo gives UFT a waiver, there will be a lawsuit filed on the very day of that happening. I do not think there will be any waivers. However, I for one will be picketing in front of 52 Broadway if Cuomo tries to put a waiver in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-68200713654704873062017-12-27T16:41:52.506-05:002017-12-27T16:41:52.506-05:00Cuomo is going to give the uft a waiver on Janus a...Cuomo is going to give the uft a waiver on Janus and force us to keep paying dues that's why meathead mikey isn't worried. The fix is in! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-84992334554558025332017-12-27T10:57:48.950-05:002017-12-27T10:57:48.950-05:00The UFT needs to:
1) Give us ability to file grie...The UFT needs to:<br /><br />1) Give us ability to file grievances <br /><br />2) Restore S/U evaluation system<br /><br />3) Fight to remove abusive, incompetent & corrupt admins<br /><br /><br />Until then, they will lose MILLIONS in dues. There is absolutely NO incentive to keep paying them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-24896471015206598332017-12-27T00:56:27.900-05:002017-12-27T00:56:27.900-05:00P.S. although I do not agree with your liberalism,...P.S. although I do not agree with your liberalism, I love your blog! Keep up the good work and the freedom of speech that Arthur Goldstein will not allow. God bless and Merry Christmas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42720789057859789982017-12-27T00:52:55.643-05:002017-12-27T00:52:55.643-05:002005 contract, No SENOIRITY Transfers and Danielso...2005 contract, No SENOIRITY Transfers and Danielson will do this Union in. Fuck ‘em, they deserve itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-55397360225092147822017-12-26T20:28:15.139-05:002017-12-26T20:28:15.139-05:00Wow, I did not even notice that union dues are no ...Wow, I did not even notice that union dues are no longer tax deductible under the tax bill. Yep, the UFT is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-76177235416392514202017-12-26T16:08:54.941-05:002017-12-26T16:08:54.941-05:00And union dues are no longer tax deductableAnd union dues are no longer tax deductableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42653786328066369672017-12-26T15:15:00.197-05:002017-12-26T15:15:00.197-05:00UFT is totally going to go down in flames. The iro...UFT is totally going to go down in flames. The irony is that they are not really seeming to sweat it right now. Yeah, they are going to knock on some doors and try to get volunteers to convince teachers to pay dues, but they do not seem to have a sense of urgency. Janus court case starts in Feb. Decision will be around Mar or June. UFT expects about 30% of teachers are gonna stop paying dues. I say it will be around 40%. Thus, they are mere months away from being wiped out in half. Contract negotiations are going to start soon. The UFT should be telling the rank and file that they are gonna bust heads with the City to get us a good contract. If they don't, say bye bye UFT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88878445671698261842017-12-26T12:17:40.179-05:002017-12-26T12:17:40.179-05:00The UFT will soon be losing millions in revenue. N...The UFT will soon be losing millions in revenue. Nothing will stop it. Not Dues Captains, nothing. <br /><br />Why did Randi Weingarten and Michael Mulgrew support public education and teacher-bashing initiatives all these years? Bribes? Blackmail? Both? Who's been resigning from office or CEO positions, "stepping down", not seeking re-election? What are the reasons? What are the REAL reasons? <br /><br />I believe the UFT will go down in flames as the corruption in government and corporate America becomes more and more exposed. The UFT somehow became entangled in the same corruption plaguing both parties. With the arrest of the Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal in Saudi Arabia, the money to our elected officials has been cut off. How does that impact union officials? The upcoming year should be interesting...<br /><br />What's the saying? Light is the best disinfectant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-22675543695052047412017-12-26T11:50:44.169-05:002017-12-26T11:50:44.169-05:00The solution is to use the legal system. If either...The solution is to use the legal system. If either the uft or doe violates your rights, contract, regs, law, get a lawyer. <br />Isn't that the approach both of them use? Yes. Both the UFT and DOE have 200 lawyers in their payrolls. <br />Give them a dose of their own medicine. <br />Class action cases get 3 gold stars. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-23763669312548716202017-12-26T10:29:21.249-05:002017-12-26T10:29:21.249-05:00It is going to start by people like me pulling our...It is going to start by people like me pulling our dues. The UFT needs to bleed so the higher ups finally get the signal that they can no longer eat caviar on our dime while we suffer in the trenches of NYC schools. The beast must first be chopped down. That is the first step. If the beast does not work in our favor, it must die. Once it is dead, we start over. If people do not pull dues the UFT will no doubt continue to screw all of us over. Make no mistake, the UFT is concerned with one thing and that is protecting the UFT jobs of those who work at 52 Broadway and the district offices. They could care less about anything else. Once they see that their cushy UFT jobs are finally at stake, they may realize that the days of being comfy with the DOE are over and they must actually take a stand in our behalf. This is a watershed moment. The rank and fils finally have a chance to show some muscle toward the very union that has been screwing us for so many years. The new contract will be the make or break event that will cause the UFT to either wither away or once again become the great union that it once was. There is absolutely no excuse if the UFT can't improve our working conditions. (A big raise is not as much of a concern to I and many others as much as fixing our working conditions are) We will most likely continue to see step and longevity increases even without a fat raise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-82168124743091598802017-12-26T09:28:53.975-05:002017-12-26T09:28:53.975-05:009:12, How is something better going to start witho...9:12, How is something better going to start without people like yourself and 10:47 involved? Union movements do not happen by osmosis. James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88216246722455486952017-12-26T09:12:18.612-05:002017-12-26T09:12:18.612-05:00Well, I am pulling my dues to make a big statement...Well, I am pulling my dues to make a big statement. I am sick of the treatment that the UFT has shown me over the past 15 or so years. Teacher morale is in the gutter right now and it is 100% the fault of the UFT. I got called in for a principals investigation for verbal abuse. I called the UFT and asked for a rep. NOTHING, no return call or anything. They want my money? Well guess what, they ain't getting it after Janus. Constant Danielson drivebys 4 times a year when everyone else in NY gets 2. No more seniority transfers. No more grieving letters to file. All of this is the fault of the UFT. They gave away the farm to the DOE. The UFT needs to go. It needs Janus to implode and then from the rubble, something better can start. Yes it is risky, but it is needed if this profession is to thrive again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-9441852010387868512017-12-25T22:47:48.673-05:002017-12-25T22:47:48.673-05:00Honestly, I see most people pulling their dues jus...Honestly, I see most people pulling their dues just to save the money, not to make a statement, and nothing really changing. Mulgrew wins every election easily and teachers aren't going to strike or do the work to form another union. Maternity leave is the big topic now, not Danielson, abusive administrators or discipline which are the areas that affect every member. I'll stay in the union because I have no faith that there will be something better to replace it and I don't want to end up in a situation where non payers end up losing out later down the line on areas like pay increases. I'm also very fortunate to be in a good situation right now at my school, so it's not worth it for me to fight for the masses who are indifferent to what's going on around the city. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-83226742289086910952017-12-25T22:31:58.848-05:002017-12-25T22:31:58.848-05:00What's going on with administrators and the CS...What's going on with administrators and the CSA in regards to Janus? Are it's members wanting to pull from membership fees? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-5506591817478563392017-12-25T22:11:36.544-05:002017-12-25T22:11:36.544-05:00This blog put out a call in October to see how muc...This blog put out a call in October to see how much interest there is to organize to win a UFT election or to form a high school union. Both are difficult tasks that would require extraordinary commitment. The response for both has not exactly been overwhelming. It is up to all of you much more than me to save our profession. A few of us can't do this by ourselves. James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-40265194125141577872017-12-25T21:27:38.889-05:002017-12-25T21:27:38.889-05:00The only hope is for new leaders to arise out of t...The only hope is for new leaders to arise out of the ashes. But once the non-union genie is out of the bottle it won't be so easy to form a new union. It takes people doing a lot of work to organize. So far there is precious little of that.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-7873814528582721772017-12-25T21:24:31.516-05:002017-12-25T21:24:31.516-05:00The so-called opposition is an even bigger joke th...The so-called opposition is an even bigger joke than the UFT leadership. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-4738349293319551462017-12-25T16:31:21.283-05:002017-12-25T16:31:21.283-05:007:34,You need to read some of what we have written...7:34,You need to read some of what we have written about how impossible winning a UFT election is to see how absurd the line is about rising up the opposition is. All being at the top means is more frustration.<br /><br />For the record, I opposed Tier 6 and fought every give back the UFT subjected us to. All the more reason why we need real unions not afraid to strike if necessary. James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-26215900380543650792017-12-25T14:03:36.173-05:002017-12-25T14:03:36.173-05:00I might put off my retirement just to see these sm...I might put off my retirement just to see these smug mfs back in the classroom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-22729412138063078542017-12-25T14:03:02.098-05:002017-12-25T14:03:02.098-05:00I'm glad that the UFT full time folks are fear...I'm glad that the UFT full time folks are fearing going back to the classroom. They friggin' deserve the shitty treatment that we have been dealing with for the past 15 years. This fear is hopefully the magic button that will push them to get us a fair and reasonable contract. The witching hour is here. Janus will be decided by the end of the school year. The contract is up shortly after that. Put these two pieces together and you will either see a return to a sane teaching profession in NYC or we will see the demise of the UFT. (And the rise of a new union to take it's place) The ball is 100% in the hands of the current UFT right now. DON"T SELL US OUT AGAIN OR YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-23665550201316456432017-12-25T13:25:19.689-05:002017-12-25T13:25:19.689-05:00The leaderships fear of Janus is warranted, howeve...The leaderships fear of Janus is warranted, however, what many of the people working full time for the union (district, special reps) really fear and dread is the thought of going back into the classroom. There is a justice aspect when this takes place. Yes come September many of the folks who tout the union talking points will face the reality of the years of complicity taken by the leadership of the UFT. The CSA and department higher ups will pull out their "long knives" and parcel out the horrors of Danielson, 2005 contract, and the corrupt OLR against those who felt immune. <br /><br />to the barricadesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-17037887519852699442017-12-25T13:22:00.670-05:002017-12-25T13:22:00.670-05:00EXACTLY! The rest of the teacher unions around NYS...EXACTLY! The rest of the teacher unions around NYS actually fight for their members and it is worth paying dues to be a part of those unions. They all have 2 observations, the UFT asked for 4! And they want my dues money? I don't think so. The beast must die and be replaced with something that will give us a bang for our buck. We are not anti-union. We are anti-UFT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-69391668057757560172017-12-25T11:55:47.115-05:002017-12-25T11:55:47.115-05:00I don't think anyone here is against unions. M...I don't think anyone here is against unions. Many are against THIS union. The corrupt, inept, self-serving leadership(if you could even call it that)that has done nothing but contribute to the erosion of the quality of this job over the past 15 years.<br /> This union, with so many pulling down $100,000+ salaries FOR WHAT?? Just read the UFT payroll, its public information and its outrageous.<br />And the only way to squash this beast gorging on our dues is to let SCOTUS pull the plug on the feeding trough, and let those fat pigs starve. Those that have destroyed the once great UFT. <br /> And it is likely that a new, smaller, more humble union will take its place. One that will earn its memberships trusts, respect and dues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-31875915561129602552017-12-25T10:30:50.833-05:002017-12-25T10:30:50.833-05:00Bah humbug!
Tier VI is superior to anything the pr...Bah humbug!<br />Tier VI is superior to anything the private sector offers. You are either a Troll or an ignoramus. <br />Without Unions, your wages and benefits will stagnate. Unions help to set the bar for ALL workers. <br />Be careful what you wish for. You may surely get it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com