The Chief Administrator is ‘MOST Abusive Administrator’
by Anna-Maria Thomas When we speak of ‘Abusive Administrators’ only one name comes to mind: Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg represents EVERYTHING which is wrong with our NYC Public School System. May I take this moment to add the entire public school system across this country is in the han
Protest School Closings!
Once again Bloomberg’s hand-picked Panel for Education Policy is voting to close many schools, threatening to disrupt education for thousands of students and swell the ATR pool… Once again the community and the UFT are fighting back… Demonstrate your opposition! Demonstrate your
Say no to school closures! Demonstrate, Wednesday, at Tweed
When: 5PM. Date: Wednesday, December 15 Where: Tweed (52 Chambers) – march will start at 52 Broadway (UFT hq) Why: once again Bloomberg is trying to shut schools that serve poor kids. We stopped him last year. It will be tougher this year. Who: the UFT will call this protest, others may join
Rally against budget cuts at City Hall; Rally at Bloomberg’s house against administrative abuse at Bronx Science
The news that Mayor Bloomberg has rescinded his layoffs is very welcome. His arbitrary pronouncement that teachers will forego a raise for the next two years is nothing more than maneuvering and playing to the media. UFT President Michael Mulgrew made it very clear, “There is no deal.” He welcom
New Tenure Plan
You Could Be Removed (after 2 years) before the Letters in Your File (after 3 years) New Action opposes the teacher evaluation system just proposed by the Board of Regents, with support from the NYSUT and UFT leaderships. The proposal would base a significant part of each teacher’s rating, up to 4
The End of the Rubber Rooms
In September there will be no rubber rooms. The time-frame for adjudicating all cases, old and new, is greatly reduced. This is a victory! This agreement directly benefits those members who are in the Temporary Reassignment Centers now and ultimately all UFT members. The threat to send teachers to t
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
New Action condemns school closings/ calls for citywide response
WE NEED A CITYWIDE RESPONSE TO SCHOOL CLOSINGS! Unprecedented NYC DOE attack on public schools in New York City The New York City Department of Education announced over the last few days plans to close twenty schools, including large or CTE (vocational) high schools, including: Norman Thomas, Alfr
Position Paper December 2009
A New Action paper briefly reviews the conditions we currently face: Educators are under attack. … decrease in the effectiveness of the UFT to counter the power of the DOE. … a young, new workforce … a lack of connection to unionism. … … corporate model… top-d
New Action statement calls for solidarity against Bloomberg’s attack on tenure
The day before Thanksgiving, to his usual list of proposals, Mayor Bloomberg added that he had instructed the Chancellor to start using test scores in tenure decisions this year. This is the time for a united fight against this corporate mayor. President Mulgrew and the union leadership must do more