tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post9097328577786321029..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: NYC K-5 SCHOOL BUILDINGS OPENING UP DEC 7Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-64174838329324854572020-12-02T10:38:48.735-05:002020-12-02T10:38:48.735-05:00To the person saying the Union provides job securi...To the person saying the Union provides job security - yeah, if your tenured. If not, you can be discontinued and that is that. Job security for the new teachers, those that are untenured, is basically zilch. All it takes is one false complaint from a student, parent, or admin to kiss your career with the DOE goodbye.<br /><br />And we all know that getting tenure is a whole dog and pony show. The superintendent for D27,D28,D29 said that they don't care about a tenure binder with student work and evidence of improvement - all they care about is the data from assessments and state exams. If your students are the bunch that don't put much effort in, it is going to impact your chances of tenure highly. Not fair because some teachers are lucky to be in schools that act like schools, others are in very disorganized schools and it effects their chances of tenure through no fault of their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-25101064804832837912020-12-01T09:56:21.284-05:002020-12-01T09:56:21.284-05:00Newly leaked documents reveal how China bungled CO...Newly leaked documents reveal how China bungled COVID-19’s early days<br />By Tamar Lapin November 30, 2020 | 8:16pm | Updated<br /><br /><br />Blame which country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-36391128938934775152020-12-01T09:46:59.371-05:002020-12-01T09:46:59.371-05:002020 7:11:00 AM
I have a suggestion for Shelley, A...2020 7:11:00 AM<br />I have a suggestion for Shelley, Anon 2323 and the other Defund the UFT folks: Set up a website or blog and do it. Stand up and lead.<br /><br />I have explained over and over how dropping out of a union has never worked in the past to improve working conditions and won't work for the UFT. All you will be doing is leaving former UFTers more vulnerable without any union protection and the union weaker for the rest of us.<br /><br />You disagree. Fine, now go start your movement. It's your turn. Step up to the plate and lead.<br /><br />This is a dissident, pro union blog. I am through letting it be hijacked by folks who think having ten thousand people opting out of dues is the way to wake Mulgrew-Unity up. We need different union leadership and a democratic structure, not a new and improved Mulgrew. Mulgrew isn't changing. What's the old saying, Leopards can't change their spots.<br /><br />If, on the other hand, you would rather do a decertification drive with the goal and commitment of having a better union then I am all in. I listen to every dissident caucus too.<br /><br />James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-64223018379639729852020-12-01T09:25:17.733-05:002020-12-01T09:25:17.733-05:00Eve Moskowitz has a much stricter protocol regardi...Eve Moskowitz has a much stricter protocol regarding remote learning. Supposedly the students must be in front of the computers from 8:00-3:00 with a 45 minute lunch break and two short breaks and must have their cameras on. Teachers have to do the same thing. Don't forget it's Success Academy. If kids don't make the grade, they just throw them out so they're not part of their stats. Moskowitz is the Queen of smoke and mirrors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-66066064211072824322020-12-01T09:15:53.807-05:002020-12-01T09:15:53.807-05:00Here comes James again telling us to keep doing th...Here comes James again telling us to keep doing the same thing, paying, to get screwed. Isnt that insanity? Forget it. Just opt out like I did. Let everyone else keep paying. Good for them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-82397261436191481672020-12-01T08:39:42.788-05:002020-12-01T08:39:42.788-05:00RE: Anno 6:28. What is so wrong about "teache...RE: Anno 6:28. What is so wrong about "teachers wanting to sit at home in their underwear?" DOE offices are closed and folks are working from home. Many city agencies are closed and people are working from home. Tons and tons of private business offices are closed and those employees are working from home. You know why? BECAUSE IT IS SAFER THAT WAY. If someone wants to work in their underwear at home to avoid the virus, I got no problem with that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-41173830214166969742020-12-01T06:55:43.065-05:002020-12-01T06:55:43.065-05:00Union membership, again, is nothing like a car. It...Union membership, again, is nothing like a car. It is something like car insurance. A car is a tangible product, a machine you buy and use. And because cars, though equipped with safety equipment, and designed to protect riders, are dangerous machines that not only depreciate in value after purchase but are also involved in the deaths of 3,700 humans everyday, we have a thriving global insurance business to collect premiums, like union dues, and provide protections against loss and other services and benefits. <br /><br />Like insurance a union is a pooled value of mutual protection. So you pay your dues based on your wages and years, as you do with insurance, a basic mutual cost/benefit relationship. <br /><br />While, as you say, you don't need a car, in NY you do need insurance to drive a car legally. Because insurance, like a union pools resources of the insured or members to provide protection and security. Pre-Janus, you still didn't need a car, but your did need to pay dues and join the union. Now you have an option, so you no longer need to join the union or pay dues to teach in NYC. <br /><br />I feel less secure in my job protected by the UFT than even in my life. Fortunately I am going to retire and the UFT is not my only union. Again, I'm not against unions, quite the contrary. I'm opposed to paying the UFT. <br /><br />Arriving at this decision was not easy because I am an old union person and my family are old union people. We believe in unions. We want unions to survive and thrive. But the UFT is not a union. <br /><br />The membership and leadership? The members are more to blame for their apathy and ignorance. The so-called union people in UFT, have talking points and sound bites that they use to fearmonger people into apathy and ignorance. <br /><br />Wisconsin? What happened in Wisconsin is difficult for members to understand because we live in a period of twitter and spin of both sides. Notice, for example, how quickly this blog tries to discredit me by claiming I am a conservative that either consciously or foolishly supports the evil empire that will destroy unions. What really happened there had nothing to do with money or membership. Wisconsin has the third highest membership percentage in the nation. They are far more politically active, with far more money influence than teachers in NY. So dues and PAC money and membership failed. Why?<br />The mantra of the unions is that big bucks from outside crashed in and defend ourselves we need more money to fight them. So pay your COPE you fools. Pay your dues. But tell me please, why didn't the membership, dues paying members vote to approve bargaining? They unions used the courts to defend themselves and were successful because the teacher unions were targeted unfairly. But the courts sided with the unions not the members and the membership dropped, AFT_Wisconsin lost 6,000 members, that's 35%<br />Why? <br />The membership and the leadership. The members have no faith, no confidence in the leadership who keep telling them to pay more and get less. They've got to start delivering more and prove that they represent the members, not the students, not the parents, not the technology companies and education businesses. <br /><br />If our union is a car we are locked in the fucking trunk. Shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-42778849566897958302020-12-01T05:06:39.530-05:002020-12-01T05:06:39.530-05:00Would the UFT collapse and die with a 10% opt out ...Would the UFT collapse and die with a 10% opt out rate? 15%? 25%? What % would effectively end the union? Would Mulgrew/Unity be more attentive to members if there was 10% opt out? 15%? I would think at 10% their ears perk up. At 25% they enter panic mode. I agree with Shelly. We’re not scabs looking for a free ride. We’re people tired of a strategy that isn’t working. I’ve said this before here. It’s easier to convince colleagues to defund the UFT than it is convincing them to stand up to their principal or the chancellor. Why not try defunding UFT. If they lose 20% and still ignore members’ needs, then I’ll concede that Shelly and I were wrong. But what if we’re not wrong. What if a 20% drop was all it took to really make them pat attention and address our needs? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-12147664135541387242020-11-30T22:31:44.220-05:002020-11-30T22:31:44.220-05:00@ Shelley thanks for joining the party, just like ...@ Shelley thanks for joining the party, just like I predicted snow days would be long gone, I said 2 years ago and over and over we all pull dues we get their attention and leverage. It is clearly the only way to actually show them we are pissed and mean busniess. Then James comes with a wannabe coach carter speech on why we should pay and elect people we want blah blah.Anon2323https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920550598769579282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-7109400200267554332020-11-30T22:02:45.542-05:002020-11-30T22:02:45.542-05:00The car analogy works quite well. You don’t need a...The car analogy works quite well. You don’t need a car. It however provides a basic, fairly big benefit. The union as bad as it it is also provides a basic big benefit of job security. If we had no union many would be fired at will the protection against that alone is a huge benefit. Un unionized workers in the private sector car be fired at any time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-51283460156431082682020-11-30T20:43:53.272-05:002020-11-30T20:43:53.272-05:00The Eva Moskowitz Charter Schools are all remote t...The Eva Moskowitz Charter Schools are all remote till at least March. How did she get a free pass? Are parents complaining about no on- site learning? What does Cuomo or DeBlasio have to say about that—especially in light for pushing NYC schools to reopen ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-26614949848955384982020-11-30T20:38:18.628-05:002020-11-30T20:38:18.628-05:00@8:21 — it's all but confirmed that MS/HS won&...@8:21 — it's all but confirmed that MS/HS won't go back until after New Years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-10987235495087679612020-11-30T20:21:38.494-05:002020-11-30T20:21:38.494-05:00I heard on the news that middle and high schools d...I heard on the news that middle and high schools don't go back until January 2nd. Can anyone verify this? Elementary school teachers are going to hit the ceiling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-21378193869059123892020-11-30T20:05:22.107-05:002020-11-30T20:05:22.107-05:006:28 You are pathetic in your comments! How dare ...6:28 You are pathetic in your comments! How dare you say things you undoubtedly know nothing about. Just stroll along, nothing better to do...wonder what you do for a living? A troll?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-80803083204956892132020-11-30T20:00:09.129-05:002020-11-30T20:00:09.129-05:00Can anyone elaborate on District 75 student return...Can anyone elaborate on District 75 student return to full time and exemptions from Covid-19 testing?<br />Carranza says one thing and Mulgrew's letter says District 75 students are exempt from mandatory testing, can someone clarify?<br />Sounds like there is not much of a plan again and little consideration for staff safety again.<br /><br />Few populations of children in D75 are so severely medically fragile to be exempt from testing to protect the health and safety of others and staff. There is already an understanding with masks but this is different.<br /><br />Are ALL students in D75 returning or only grades Prek3/4 and K-5 students? Are Middle and High School students returning? They say older children pose a greater risk of exposing others. This is all so confusing.<br /><br />If children are exempt, will teachers be deemed "essential" and eligible for hazard pay due to heightened risk to exposure unlike Gen, Ed. teachers and students who participate in Mandatory random testing to ensure health and safety of all?<br /><br />Answers anyone?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-88326438024580637762020-11-30T19:32:08.399-05:002020-11-30T19:32:08.399-05:00Have they said if people test positive in school t...Have they said if people test positive in school they will close them? Or is there a new policy on outbreaks in schools? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-12221905547113127102020-11-30T19:12:03.329-05:002020-11-30T19:12:03.329-05:00That .19 rate is so full of you know what. Some he...That .19 rate is so full of you know what. Some here do not show us at our best. Many are working diligently remotely.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-49064814187209368742020-11-30T18:28:13.573-05:002020-11-30T18:28:13.573-05:00Most here are pathetic,lazy and whining in their o... Most here are pathetic,lazy and whining in their own self interest. They just want to stay home in their underwear and get over to collect their patcheck. <br />Not a care for the children of this city,or even the health of NYC's economy. <br />Spread in the schools is 0.19%.<br /> You people are pathetic.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58914160540448278292020-11-30T18:22:52.400-05:002020-11-30T18:22:52.400-05:00
LOL at James. So Mulgrew does nothing. If we opt ...<br />LOL at James. So Mulgrew does nothing. If we opt out, he has an excuse to do nothing...Oh, ok. May as well opt out and save the money. Last chance before they triple charge you for dues during the July retro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-68939946253593659852020-11-30T17:47:31.583-05:002020-11-30T17:47:31.583-05:00Reminder:
The very same people who told you to av...Reminder: <br />The very same people who told you to avoid family for Thanksgiving cause U might catch COVID are now telling U that schools are staying open in NYC no matter how bad it gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-45571424487228980012020-11-30T17:45:57.160-05:002020-11-30T17:45:57.160-05:00The car analogy doesn't work. A union is more ...The car analogy doesn't work. A union is more like an organization you join and pay dues to and receive a benefit you want that you can't get without joining. If you are not getting the benefit you want you can cancel your membership. If you are paying and paying and not only not getting the benefit but also being bilked out of more and more money, you can stop paying. <br /><br /><br /><br />Shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-58252410890176334572020-11-30T17:20:23.883-05:002020-11-30T17:20:23.883-05:00Leadership and membership.
Looks like both must do...Leadership and membership.<br />Looks like both must do betterwaitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-36768050048486178252020-11-30T17:19:54.206-05:002020-11-30T17:19:54.206-05:00Shelley,
I will respond one more time and then ca...Shelley,<br /><br />I will respond one more time and then call it a day on this discussion which has very little to do with the original posting. I do understand member frustration. I get it. I asked for an example where union workers have pulled out of their union en masse and then gotten better benefits and working conditions, I am still waiting for an answer and I will wait for a long time because there are none, zero.<br /><br />I never called anyone "disloyal" for wanting to opt-out so please don't put words in my mouth. Go if you want to. What I am saying is it will have very little if any effect on how the Unity machine operates the UFT. The UFT is a top-down one-party state type organization that is in business to perpetuate itself. Having less money at its disposal will not change that reality.<br /><br />Shelley says about me, "Your argument that cutting dues will only give him (Mulgrew) excuses, more excuses to provide even less doesn't make sense because that is what he is doing and will continue to do. The man has excuses for his excuses." If 10,000 people stop paying dues in June, Unity/Mulgrew will not blame themselves and change. They will hide it as best as they can and when it is exposed, they will call the defectors part of a vast right-wing conspiracy to borrow a phrase from Hillary Clinton. If those of you who want to opt-out or have opted out could organize something, then I could respect your movement.<br /><br />You say, "...we can improve our bargaining here in NY by giving members an active voice and a democratic process." Let me accept that you are sincere there. Then, why don't you organize an opt-out drive with demands that you want the union to accept before you will pay dues again? Put everyone's money in an escrow account. Start a website, provide mutual aid for each other as some of you will need help. Start organizing it. Otherwise, like the Koch funded commercial used to advertise, dropping union dues is a way to give yourself a raise and nothing more.<br /><br />You also say, "I want a union. You've offered one--the UFT. No thanks. Not interested. I'll keep my money and if you manage to reform it or start a new one I'll give it all back to you or whoever it is that is collecting it and representing the teachers." Leave it to everyone else to fix it. I go back to what my friend Sam Lazarus (former longtime chapter leader Bryant High School) has said many times: "The two problems with the UFT are the leadership and the membership." I have been trying my damndest to convince the membership to organize to fix the UFT or decertify it and start over. If you are not on board, so be it but let the people who want to fix it do their work without your opt-out comments that in my opinion help nobody and force me to spend an inordinate amount of time responding to them.<br />James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-10826187616243025472020-11-30T17:15:44.367-05:002020-11-30T17:15:44.367-05:00I’ll use my car analogy again. If your car gets yo...I’ll use my car analogy again. If your car gets you from A to B, but runs like complete garbage you either fix it or get a new car. You do not say oh well I’m going to just walk everywhere now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-52893933076526910102020-11-30T16:52:22.809-05:002020-11-30T16:52:22.809-05:00@4:09 pm...
Start a Change.org petition @4:09 pm...<br />Start a Change.org petition waitingforsupporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390407586885648546noreply@blogger.com