Examining the 2023 UFT contract draft – a ‘tentative’ analysis
There’s a tentative contractual agreement between the UFT and the DOE that will soon be sent out for ratification. Before I give my complete take on it, I’ll need to actually see it. I can’t yet of course. Even though I’m on the much touted ‘500-member negotiating committee,’ the executi
A Tentative Agreement without an MOA- 6-13-2023 Executive Board Meeting
Immediately following the 500-member negotiating committee meeting, the Executive Board met at 3:38, with just over 30 minutes to spare before the DA, to go over a contract which had not been made available to us in advance and decide whether to bring it to a vote at the DA. LeRoy Barr motivates res
UFT Leadership Says No to Strike Readiness; Adds Symbolic Reso to Fight for Lost Calendar – UFT Executive Board Notes, 6-12-2023
Note: Most of tonight’s executive board meeting was an executive session, as is customary for the final executive board meeting of the year. Therefore, I have only reported on that business which was conducted when we were out of session. Summary: In tonight’s executive board meeting, the last s
Will there be a contract this year? UFT’s latest communication suggests not.
On Monday, the 500-member negotiating committee will meet. That highly anticipated event, the culmination of a year of negotiations, will be followed immediately by the final UFT executive board meeting of the 2022-2023 school year. The very next afternoon, the June Delegate Assembly will be held. B
Mulgrew: the Comptroller is worried about MAP. Why aren’t you?
Today, Comptroller Brad Lander declined to register the Aetna MAP plan for New York City municipal retirees, citing not just pending litigation, but also concerns over the ethics of reverting to Medicare Advantage in the first place. Specifically, he noted “the broader Medicare Advantage trends ar
UFT: Why weren’t we remote today?
Today, I’m writing with a bit of a headache, having breathed in exorbitant amounts of smoke and toxins both at work and on my commute. Due to an injury that makes standing/walking risky, I don’t have much of a choice but to bike twenty miles round trip. Teachers, after all, can’t afford to liv
On Contract and Democracy – UFT Executive Board Minutes, 6-5-2023
Summary/Analysis: Informal Notes Follow Mike Sill: filling in for LeRoy Bar. Open Mic Karen Miller: 2nd grade ICT gen-ed teacher at PS15 in D1. June, with everything going on wanted to reflect and share on some of the successes that go on in the classroom, and things that have been great at least in
UFT Leadership is Playing ‘Chicken’ – and We’re all the Losers
The Unity-led UFT has finally let a ‘select group’ of members learn their negotiating strategy, and it’s not exactly 3-D chess. Now, all of this was said at a CAT team meeting, with over 1,000 unknown attendees, none of whom had to prove their identity to get in. There were no NDAs for
UFT: Is the 2023-2024 Calendar an attack on our Union?
We’ve had good calendars, and we’ve had less than good calendars. The 2023-2024 calendar, however, is nothing but brutal. What’s worse, there are indications that the calendar could have been just fine, but that the City opted to make decisions that were nothing short of malicious. Let’s loo