UFT suit against school closings successful
The UFT suit blocking Chancellor Klein’s 19 school closings next year received a favorable decision today. The judge ruled that the PEP votes were null and void, and that the DoE could not close Jamaica, Columbus, Robeson, Norman Thomas, New Day, Metropolitan, SCRL, MABL, Beach Channel, Maxwel
ICE’s Dark, Hidden Secret
New Action has a record of accomplishment. ICE has a track record that they don’t want you to know about! From July 2004 through June 2007 ICE was on the UFT Executive Board. ICE has kept this fact a secret and out of their literature because in the three years that they were in a […]
VOTE NEW ACTION
New Action is the oldest and most responsible opposition caucus in the UFT. We recognize that there is a crisis for our members brought on by the corporate takeover of education. For years New Action has been organizing and mobilizing the membership to fight and win benefits for UFT members New Acti
NEW ACTION SLATE 2010
OFFICERS President Michael Mulgrew Wm. Grady HS Secretary Paul Millstein Canarsie HS, Retired Assistant Secretary Carol Widom PS 219K Treasurer Ronald Leung Fort Hamilton HS Assistant Treasurer Anna Maria Thomas HS of the Arts VP, at Large Gregory DiStefano Tottenville HS, Retired VP, Special Educat
Meet some of our candidates
Bruce Rajswasser (VP, CTE) Teaching 20 years, Specialties Entrepreneurship,Robotics. Active in Robotics in the NYC/NJ Area. National Foundation for Teaching Entreprenuership Teacher of the Year, College of Staten Island Alumni Hall of Fame. Chapter Leader, Tottenville Francisco A. Peña (at large)
SOME ISSUES TAKEN UP BY OUR NEW ACTION/UFT EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
WHAT NEW ACTION HAS DONE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP SINCE 2007 September 2007 New Action challenges the “for profit” merger of GHI/HIP September 2007 New Action speaks for resolution supporting Jena 6 September 2007 Conducts a New Action survey on problems unique to campus schools cont
New Action…part of the solution!
New Action… we’re not Unity… Unity failed to endorse Bill Thompson for Mayor. Unity supported mayoral control of education. Unity has failed to unionize charter schools. Unity has failed to challenge hundreds of abusive administrators. Unity failed to create a membership that is in
New Action/UFT Endorses Michael Mulgrew for President
We are proud to support a real teacher for UFT President. Michael Mulgrew worked for 9 years in the classroom. He understands that even as pay has improved, working conditions have deteriorated. In his short tenure as UFT President he has: Sued Joel Klein and the DOE over their failure to reduce cla
New Action cosponsors resolution against K-12 testing
Jane Hirschmann of Time Out from Testing make a presentation at the January 25, 2010 UFT Exec Board. New Action proposed writing a resolution, and at the February 8 Exec Board a resolution was presented, signed by three supporters each of New Action and Unity. The resolution clearly opposes K-2 test
Independent, Progressive, Influential
Now is the Time to Vote New Action! New Action is the only UFT caucus that supports the leadership when they are right and opposes them when they are wrong! New Action believes that Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein are the UFT’s main enemy. We work in a bipartisan way to achieve the best f