Friday, October 08, 2021

SENIOR EDITOR FROM THE NATION INTERVIEWS DR MICHAEL OSTERHOLM ON SAFETY IN NYC SCHOOLS; JEFF KAUFMAN SAFETY GRIEVANCE REJECTED BY UFT

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 Lizzy Ratner is a senior editor at the Nation. She is also an NYC public school parent. She interviews Dr. Michael Osterholm , director of ...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021

DOE-UFT SPECIAL ED AGREEMENT

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  academic recovery Dear  UFT Member , During yet another challenging school year, our members who work with students with IEPs are again be...
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ICEUFT JOINS WITH OTHER OPPOSITION GROUPS FOR UFT ACTIVISM

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ICEUFT and Educators of NYC at 7:00 tonight will be on Zoom to speak out about conditions in the NYC schools. Here is the sign up informatio...
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Monday, October 04, 2021

CAMILLE ON ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT

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 Camille is one of the the go-to people for the media on defending the vaccine mandate for teachers. First, CNN and now ABC News .  Meanwhi...
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Sunday, October 03, 2021

TEMPORARY CONTRACT FOR COVERAGES

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The temporary coverage agreement email from President Mulgrew is copied in full below. Dear ________, On Monday, all staff in school buildin...
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MULGREW’S EMAIL TO MEMBERS GOING ON UNPAID LEAVE

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  Dear UFT Member, The DOE has informed us that it has not received your proof of vaccination by the Oct. 1 deadline, and you do not have an...
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Friday, October 01, 2021

UFT TO ENDORSE ERIC ADAMS FOR MAYOR

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We learned tonight that the UFT is planning to endorse Eric Adams for mayor. The Executive Board will vote on rubber stamp the endorsement ...
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DE BLASIO SAYS MANDATES WORK AND 93% OF NYC TEACHERS ARE VACCINATED (Update: US Supreme Court Justice Upholds Vaccine Mandate)

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Bill de Blasio on Morning Joe says 90% of DOE employees are vaccinated with at least one dose, 93% of teachers, and 98% of principals. He a...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS EVERY TEACHER RATED EFFECTIVE LAST SCHOOL YEAR WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN EFFECTIVE IN 2019-20 WHEN EVALUATION WAS WAIVED SO THEY MUST HAVE A FORMAL OBSERVATION IN 2021-22

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As most teachers are having their Initial Planning Conference for this year with their assistant principals and many teachers were rated Eff...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

LEONARD PITTS SAYS GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE UNVACCINATED

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The piece below is from the Miami Herald from syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts. My copy is from the St Louis Dispatch . I wish we could co...
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Monday, September 27, 2021

FEDERAL 3 JUDGE PANEL RULES VACCINE MANDATE IS ON AGAIN; TELL US ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL'S COVID CONDITIONS ON ZOOM SPEAKOUT ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 (New Date) AT 7:00 PM

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This is from U S News and World Report this evening: A vaccine mandate for more than 150,000 teachers, custodians, school aides, cafeteria w...
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Sunday, September 26, 2021

LOS ANGELES MOU FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAS 5% TEACHER RAISE, $2,500 TECH STIPENDS, NO EVALUATION FOR MOST TEACHERS; UFT AGREEMENT FOR THIS YEAR IS FOR A FEW PER SESSION HOURS FOR NYC TEACHERS

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United Teachers of Los Angeles once had leadership like Unity here in NYC that according to dissidents I met in 2013 were more concerned wit...
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Saturday, September 25, 2021

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT PUTS VAX MANDATE ENFORCEMENT ON HOLD FOR NOW (Updated with UFT Reaction)

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This came from Sue Edelman on Twitter today. I don't know why it is not yet in the headlines everywhere. The story is at SIlive.com : UP...
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MULGREW-CSA SAY CITY HAS NO PLAN FOR TUESDAY;WE HAVE THE DOE PLAN

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This was in Bloomberg : The presidents of New York City’s teachers and principals unions urged Mayor Bill de Blasio to push back his Tuesday...
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