Rushed UFT Contract Ratification Process Leads to Integrity Questions
This blog predicted months ago that Mulgrew would try to rush a contract ratification vote. “If we rush a bad contract, after all, we can get limited money quick. Summer is around the corner –a tempting time to dangle a few bucks in front of teachers and say ‘sure, we didn’t fix any working
UFC Townhall on Contract Tonight (6/21) at 7:30 PM
Join the UFT’s High School Executive Board, which includes members affiliated with New Action/UFT, Solidarity, MORE, and ICE-UFT, at 7:30 PM for a panel on why all of our caucuses agree/concur: voting no gets us a better deal. Register here.
New Action/UFT Suggests Voting No on the 2022-2027 Tentative Agreement
New Action Caucus has gone over the good, bad, and middling parts of the 2022-2027 tentative UFT agreement. Ultimately, we agreed that this is a contract members would be better off voting ‘no’ on. Largely, our decision came down to sub-inflation wage ‘increases,’ including a disappoin
New Action Contract Meeting Tonight at 5:30 PM
New Action Caucus will meet today at 5:30 PM to discuss the 2022-2027 tentative agreement. Members who have not yet received an invitation should first make sure they’re signed up, then reach out to Nick Bacon. Reading List:
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
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
Retirees Sue to Halt Forced Switch to Medicare Advantage
Yesterday, the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees initiated a new lawsuit against the City, as reported by the Daily News. Using a complicated mix of legal strategies, the goal of the legal action is ultimately to stop Mayor Adams from switching retired municipal workers—such as UFT membe
Imminent UFT Contract? Healthcare Alternatives, and More: UFT Executive Board Minutes 5-8-2023
Summary/Analysis: I’m getting home a bit late tonight, so just some quick notes/analysis. Open Mic Peter Lamphere: Good evening Executive Board members and UFT siblings… I recently had a second child and have come to even more appreciate the value of our hard-won health care benefits. Not
A Timeline for the UFT Contract: Executive Board Minutes, 4-24-2023
Summary/Analysis: There was some pretty big news tonight on contract. Carl Cambria explained that ideally we’ll have a tentative agreement before Summer. In terms of what’s left, most of what we’re looking at now is workplace-related (negotiations with the DOE). On the City end, the pattern is