The Fight for Salary Parity!
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the April 2013 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: NA/UFT Leaflet 2013 April The Fight for Salary Parity! In 1997, New Action began a fight to win salary equality with surrounding school districts. In March 1998, the seven New Action mem
UFT Elections – New Action wins 10 seats – Disappointing Turnout
Based on yesterday’s unofficial returns (and as expected), New Action will have 10 seats on the new UFT Executive Board. New Action returns Douglas Haynes, Francisco Peña, Maria Ramos, Michael Shulman (at large) and Bill Goldman and Jonathan Halabi (high schools), and adds Joel Garcia, Regina
UFT Elections coming to a close
For those of you who voted for us, thank you. For those of you who actively supported us, thank you. New Action’s message – we support the leadership when they are right, and oppose them when they are wrong – got out to tens of thousands of UFTers. We want members to know we are [&
New Action and MORE representatives met in November
Three representatives of New Action met with three representatives of MORE back on November 27. MORE brought one agenda item: what was New Action doing in the upcoming election? At that point we were working on an agreement to run a full slate, cross-endorsing Mulgrew and Unity’s high school p
MORE’s Hidden Secret
The MORE caucus and the bloggers who write for them want UFT members to believe they are a brand new caucus. The truth is MORE consists of several formations and groups that have a track record. One spokesperson/blogger recently alluded to the record of two of their members when they held seats on t
The Last Ten Years?
The following quotation is prominently featured in MORE’s election literature. And it is an astonishing statement. It shows the apparent lack of knowledge or disregard MORE has for the history of the UFT. Before we all wax ecstatic about the UFT from its founding until 2003, there are some iss