Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Executive Board Report

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UNITY DOMINATED EXECUTIVE BOARD DEFENDS ITS INDEFENSIBLE POWER GRAB! UNITY MESSAGE TO MEMBERSHIP: "NON UNITY MEMBERS NEED NOT APPLY FOR...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

UFT Leadership Blinks: Still Refuses, However, to Admit Appointment of DRs Is Illegal

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As reported here last week Randi could offer no explanation as to why selection of District Representatives was still being made even though...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Rikers Whistleblower Wins Small Victory in Case to Return Him to His School

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What was supposed to be the first day of trial for Jeff Kaufman, Chapter Leader of Island Academy @ Rikers Island, in his bid to get his job...
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Monday, September 11, 2006

Executive Board Report: 09-11-06

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Randi to Executive Board “I Don’t Have To Answer Your Stinkin’ Questions About District Rep Elections.” In a stunning show of arrogance, UFT...
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Friday, September 08, 2006

Jamaica Chapter News

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September 6, 2005 CHAPTER DEMANDS TIME TO SET UP ROOMS. FIRST CHAPTER MEETING ENDS WITH A CROWD IN PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE! The school year start...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Joel Klein Meets the Press

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by Norman Scott In what was billed as a round-table discussion with the NYC education press corps on Friday Sept. 1, NYC schools Chance...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

School in August Brought to You By Unity-Weingarten

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ICE INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY OF EDUCATORS August 31, 2006 SCHOOL IN AUGUST BROUGHT TO YOU BY UNITY-WEINGARTEN Welcome back to the ...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Welcome New Teachers

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We thank you for reading our leaflet and exploring our site. We are the Independent Community of Educators, one of the political caucuses wi...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Evening HS Obituary

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ICE Warnings on Working Conditions Ignored for Years by Unity/UFT Leaders & DOE By James Eterno; UFT Chapter Leader Jamaica HS & HS ...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Positive Spin on the DC 37 Tentative Raises that Don't Even Keep up with Inflation as the City Surplus Soars Disappointing!

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By James Eterno, Jamaica H.S. Chapter Leader, UFT H.S. Exec. Bd. Rep. I came home from vacation to find out that DC 37 had reached a ten...
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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Lost in a Sea of Charters

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by Norman Scott In a massive school system with about 1400 schools, not one single school is run by teachers. Some might dispute that, ...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Welcome Chapter Leaders

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(The following leaflet, written by Norm Scott and edited by Vera Pavone, was distributed to chapter leaders at the reception the UFT held fo...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

It’s the New Contract Stupid: “Insider” Hints at Reason For Increased “U” Ratings

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While the numbers are not officially in, it is abundantly clear that the number of “U” ratings has substantially increased. Reports from sch...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

ICE to Exec Board: Show Us That You Are True Union; Don't Take the Pay Raise!

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The UFT Executive Board with only two dissenters and one abstention, voted on June 19 to give UFT officers and staff the full 15% increase t...
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Monday, June 19, 2006

La Cirque de UFT

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by Norman Scott The ink wasn’t even dry on the announcement that ICE and TJC were going to run a joint slate (headed by Kit Wainer of Goldst...
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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Rubber Room Representation Still Unavailing After All These Years

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If you can believe the rhetoric the UFT is finally taking seriously its duty to represent members who have been sent to the rubber room. A c...
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Saturday, May 27, 2006

Without Adequate Representation You Will Lose Your U-Rating Appeal

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To paraphrase Dostoevsky’s famous quote you can measure the effectiveness of a Union by how it treats its most troubled members. The U-ratin...
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Saturday, May 20, 2006

RANDI AND JOEL'S DOG AND PONY SHOW:

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Taylorism Comes to the NYC Public Schools, with the Union's Blessing by Michael Fiorillo, Delegate, Newcomers' High School In a new ...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

ICE SADLY WAS DEAD RIGHT ON NEXT YEAR'S INTERMINABLE SCHOOL YEAR

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by James Eterno, Chapter Leader, Jamaica H.S., H.S Rep., Executive Board The 2006-07 school calendar has been released (see below) and it is...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Open Market Transfer Plan Shows Trap for the Unwary

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Billed by the Union as the best thing since sliced bread the "Open Market Transfer Plan" has already shown some of its most basic ...
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