Thursday, December 27, 2007

Do Community Based Organizations Hold the Keys to Small Schools?

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Pick up today’s Daily News and you might get the impression that community organizations that sponsor small schools can basically decide whe...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Randi: 14 Schools Closing is a UFT Victory

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December 12 Delegate Assembly Report by James Eterno UFT Chapter Leader, Jamaica High School In over a decade as a Chapter Leader and Dele...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

CAN’T GRIEVE A LETTER TO YOUR FILE: SUE

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In a series of decisions by several different Justices in New York Supreme Court four teachers have gained what our Union gave up; the right...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

ICE DISAPPOINTED IN UFT RESPONSE TO SCHOOL CLOSINGS

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by James Eterno, Chapter Leader, Jamaica High School The Department of Education announced the closing of six schools on Tuesday and threate...
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Monday, December 03, 2007

Issues and Proposals in the GED-Plus Chapter Elections

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By Marjorie Stamberg, GED-Plus Teacher, Manhattan Hub Underlying the current election for chapter officers in GED-Plus are some important is...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

NUMBER OF TEACHERS RATED “U” INCREASES UNDER NEW CONTRACT

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CHAPTERS' BEST DEFENSE IS FOR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER by James Eterno, Chapter Leader, Jamaica High School The Chief Leader civil ...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Randi to Bloom-Klein:Apologize to Teachers for Witch-Hunt

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ICE To Randi:Fight Back for Real This Time The "first I love you then I hate you, then I love you" saga between UFT President Rand...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

AT DA RANDI ADOPTS ICE-LIKE POSITION ON ACTIONS TO SAVE FAILING SCHOOLS

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      At the November 7, 2007 Delegate Assembly Meeting, UFT President Randi Weingarten motivated two amendments to a resolution that basica...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Letter from Chicago

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By George N. Schmidt Report Cards Spell Closings -- Welcome to Chicago Colleagues and friends: After reading the Sun story about the future ...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

Drawing a line in the sand: Stop making concessions on vital education issues!

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What's wrong with making an extra $3,000 dollars? By: Lisa North As a union that represents the profession of educators, we have the res...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Pension Deal & Merit Pay Plan Breakdown: The Good, The Bad and the Utterly Insulting

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by James Eterno, Chapter Leader Jamaica High School (The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent pension...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

DA SAYS YEA TO MERIT PAY

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We often say that teaching and learning conditions cannot possibly get any worse in the New York City Public Schools and we are constantly p...
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Monday, October 15, 2007

UFT BARKS ON RUBBER ROOMS…BUT NO BITE

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In a recent New York Sun article UFT newly hired "Rubber Room" guru Betsy Combier is reported to have joined forces with two New ...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Randi Reports Smooth School Opening at Citywide Chapter Leader Meeting in Brooklyn

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by James Eterno Jamaica High School Chapter Leader UFT President Randi Weingarten told us Tuesday at a Citywide Chapter Leader meeting at th...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Rubber Room Redux

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In an incredible reversal of Union policy, Randi and the New York Teacher are using the term “Rubber Room” to refer to the those staff that ...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Jamaica Chapter Thanks Randi

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by James Eterno UFT Chapter Leader Jamaica High School We criticize the UFT leaders when we believe they are wrong but we should also applau...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Teachers, Parents, Students to Lose Power on School Leadership Teams if Chancellor's Regulation A655 is Changed

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UFT Opposition to Changes so far Quite Low Key by James Eterno UFT Chapter Leader Jamaica High School The school year is under way and all a...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

NEW PATTERN FOR OUR NEXT CONTRACT POSSIBLE ALREADY

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LET'S WORK TO GET BACK OUR DIGNITY! by James Eterno UFT Chapter Leader Jamaica High School Those of us who work for the City of New ...
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Sunday, July 29, 2007

UFT To Members: Seniority is No Longer An Issue Because We Eviscerated It

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When I was in college I studied labor history. We studied the development of unionism as an agency for change and protection in the workplac...
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