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The news that Mayor Bloomberg has rescinded his layoffs is very welcome.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
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
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
Excerpts from Bloomberg’s Speech in DC
Bloomberg launched an attack on us and our union; he attacks tenure, merit pay, seniority, ATRs. Read some excerpts here. New Action will have a fuller response after the holiday.
New Action Statement on the Mayoral Election
New Action is proud of the fact that we endorsed William Thompson early in the mayoral race. We distributed thousands of leaflets for Thompson in the schools, leafleted at two Delegate Assemblies, and collected nearly 150 signatures for him from chapter leaders and delegates. Our work helped make th
NEW ACTION ENDORSES WILLIAM THOMPSON FOR MAYOR
The Executive Board of New Action/UFT, including its eight members currently serving on the United Federation of Teachers Executive Board have unanimously endorsed the candidacy of William Thompson for Mayor of the City of New York. Thompson the recipient of the UFT’s prestigious John Dewey Awar