tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post8773287442908078839..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: BASIC UNION ORGANIZING IS NEEDED NOWJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-34045425180947647412016-11-30T08:59:07.615-05:002016-11-30T08:59:07.615-05:00Commenter 9:22/6:59 exemplifies the statement that...Commenter 9:22/6:59 exemplifies the statement that LIBERELISM IS A MENTAL DISORDERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-43187781869537976472016-11-30T06:59:13.639-05:002016-11-30T06:59:13.639-05:00James, as I tried, in my rotations, before the 201...James, as I tried, in my rotations, before the 2014 vote, and the contract got almost 80%, as i was shouted down by UFT reps in every school. Sink or swim, this is the uft, this is our position, we are sinking and crumbling. we know what you want wont happen, nobody cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-54697083166660013622016-11-29T21:22:35.997-05:002016-11-29T21:22:35.997-05:00The Trump voting members are already alienated fro...The Trump voting members are already alienated from the UFT for a hundred other reasons, including their support for Eric Garner. We've got a better chance of garnering support from the United Seafood Workers Union than from our UFT Trump supporters.Quinn Zannonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298967285306844168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-73235869365021318182016-11-29T21:08:54.579-05:002016-11-29T21:08:54.579-05:00The UFT leadership says they won't attach Trum...The UFT leadership says they won't attach Trump's name to a resolution condemning his campaign bigotry because it would "alienate members" -- this after they unilaterally endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. They're not scared of upsetting members -- they're scared of upsetting Trump and his political hit men.Quinn Zannonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298967285306844168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-72464435513290165212016-11-29T20:27:36.534-05:002016-11-29T20:27:36.534-05:00This UFT will have to fall of its own weight and a...This UFT will have to fall of its own weight and a new union resurrected in its place.Unfortunately this union went from an honest member serving entity to what it is now, a self-serving bloated sister bureaucracy of the DOE. All in the span of 40 years.<br />What a damn shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-1300140718778871602016-11-29T17:53:22.837-05:002016-11-29T17:53:22.837-05:00The sheep need a shepherd and it's not Mike or...The sheep need a shepherd and it's not Mike or Randi. Randi and Mike will end up trading some more of our rights to allow whatever the charters want to keep some semblance of power. It's over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-28882905065873411172016-11-29T15:44:06.539-05:002016-11-29T15:44:06.539-05:00You are entitled to give up. I won't. I agree ...You are entitled to give up. I won't. I agree that all of those contractual violations are occurring but it does not have to be this way. We have accepted them by not standing up. I will keep trying to wake others up. James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-47443781920887133142016-11-29T12:01:08.522-05:002016-11-29T12:01:08.522-05:00I look forward to the day that a Friedrichs minded...I look forward to the day that a Friedrichs minded case goes before the supreme court. NY teachers are better served by not paying union dues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-85232025177883062102016-11-29T07:10:17.271-05:002016-11-29T07:10:17.271-05:00Wake up james. Whatever you give back you never g...Wake up james. Whatever you give back you never get back. the time, the tiny raises, the future or never retro, the abuse by students and Supes, the lax discipline code, the never bumping, the refusal by the uft to enforce the hardship clause based on distance, illegal class sizes not enforced...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-52810960130456084762016-11-28T21:37:32.286-05:002016-11-28T21:37:32.286-05:00I don't get it. Nothing can stop working peopl...I don't get it. Nothing can stop working people who stand united and don't back down. Trade union is part of my core.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-87762230799459238422016-11-28T20:50:12.964-05:002016-11-28T20:50:12.964-05:00Don't you get it, it's over.Don't you get it, it's over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-30642829065022117792016-11-28T19:49:23.549-05:002016-11-28T19:49:23.549-05:00NYC Educator thanks for telling us what happened s...NYC Educator thanks for telling us what happened so we know why the link won't work for now.<br /><br />Happy that Reality Based Educator is still reading us and commenting here. I sometimes get a bit down about how good his blog, Perdido Street School, is compared to what we are putting out. NYC Educator's stuff is great too. <br /><br />As for RBE's comment, sadly the bad karma will hurt us much more than the leadership.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-41579108523451080882016-11-28T18:58:50.038-05:002016-11-28T18:58:50.038-05:00In one way, the irony around Friedrichs II is too ...In one way, the irony around Friedrichs II is too good to not point out. Union leadership dodged a bullet when Scalia died Friedrichs I went with him with a 4/4 tie that meant the lower court decision stood. Concurrent to some of the Friedrichs action, our AFT leaders were busy rigging the AFT endorsement process for the WORST presidential nominee since Dukakis and shilling for her every chance they could get. Hillary, meanwhile, instead of campaigning in the Rust Belt or providing some rationale for why anybody should vote for her, spent the campaign pointing out she wasn't Trump and having confetti cut glass shaped to celebrate on Election Night. Alas, trump won, the glass shaped confetti went in the garbage and the AFT leadership faces a mass exodus out of the union after Friedrichs II is decided by the Trump Supreme Court (probably in a year or so.)<br /><br />Karma for the AFT leaders. Alas, we'll be the ones who do most of the paying for it. I'm sure the leadership will figure a way out to keep the swank even if dues drop 70%.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-15196233415166888532016-11-28T18:36:05.508-05:002016-11-28T18:36:05.508-05:00The game is over, the ship is sinking, the tides g...The game is over, the ship is sinking, the tides gone out and a tsunami is coming in, time is ticking away, it's one minute to midnight, the detonator is primed...I'm just sticking around for the show. Enjoy the decline or get out. I'm going to spend my dues on...something fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-57141086827881140232016-11-28T18:14:33.394-05:002016-11-28T18:14:33.394-05:00I know for a fact that the majority of the teacher...I know for a fact that the majority of the teachers at my school who are aged in their 20's would 100% not pay UFT dues if they did not have to. Most did not even vote in the last two UFT elections but did vote for the last contract because of the $1,000 "signing bonus". As mentioned in this blog above, the UFT really needs to start getting it's act together now because pretty soon it is game over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-45974422634783321412016-11-28T17:59:32.224-05:002016-11-28T17:59:32.224-05:00Sorry that I pulled that post this morning in favo...Sorry that I pulled that post this morning in favor of a post on the President-elect. I will have it back up, probably, on Wednesday. Thank you for the shout out in any case. NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-57928498832302840782016-11-28T17:57:41.785-05:002016-11-28T17:57:41.785-05:00When did I ever advocate going against students an...When did I ever advocate going against students and parents?James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-84367306409739454552016-11-28T17:53:54.474-05:002016-11-28T17:53:54.474-05:00James, I have known you for many years. But ...James, I have known you for many years. But I disagree with you in many regards.<br /> It is important to organize. However, it is even more important to do rightful things.<br /><br />Going against students and parents is not right. Unionizing teachers in charter schools and private schools is right.<br /><br />Let's do the right thing.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com