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New Action/UFT Endorses Michael Mulgrew for President

Published March 3, 2010 New Action , UFT , UFT elections , United Federation of Teachers Closed
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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 class size
  • Fought the closing of 19 schools — a fight that New Action urged long ago
  • Refused to accept Mayor Bloomberg’s latest contract offer of 2% and 2%
  • Convinced NY State Legislators to keep the cap on charter schools. Michael argues that Charters do not take their fair share of students with special needs, aren’t as accountable as NYC public schools, and some executives and principals receive obscenely huge salaries. New Action opposes charter schools and privatization of education services.
  • Stood firm against Bloomberg and Klein’s demand to fire ATRs.
  • Stood firm in support of tenure and against evaluating educators using student test scores
  • Strengthened UFT alliances with parent and community advocacy groups

Independent, Progressive, Influential

Published March 1, 2010 New Action , UFT elections Closed

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 for UFT members.

New Action has a long record of achievement. Eight New Action members have been working on the UFT Executive Board. Our efforts on behalf of the members include:

NEW ACTION…

  • was the first caucus to call for a moratorium on school closings.
  • was the only caucus that endorsed Bill Thompson and urged the UFT leadership to also endorse. This failure was a huge mistake.
  • led the battle to develop an Action Plan to change the behavior or remove abusive administrators.
  • opposed Mayoral control of education and was the first to call for the firing of Chancellor Klein
  • the first caucus to call for an end to the war in Iraq and led the fight to make this UFT policy.
  • convinced the UFT to form three new committees: Action, Organizing and Social and Economic Justice. They meet regularly and are all co-chaired by New Action leaders.
  • was the first caucus to call on the union to investigate the drop in minority hiring over the past several years.
  • has six members on the Negotiating Committee

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