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The news that Mayor Bloomberg has rescinded his layoffs is very welcome.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
UFT Elections – the members win!
Michael Mulgrew was elected President to a three-year term this week by an overwhelming majority (91%). New Action’s bipartisan program proved decisive in providing Mulgrew with the largest margin of victory in memory. The members appreciate the strong first year Mulgrew has had, and his willing
Vote for New Action surges; Mulgrew wins big
New Action’s vote total more than doubled among Functionals, and jumped a startling 61% overall. The raw totals and percents increased in every division. Based on preliminary results, New Action’s vote total increased from 3500 to 5500, while Unity’s increased from 35,200 to 40,400
ICE’s Dark, Hidden Secret
New Action has a record of accomplishment. ICE has a track record that they don’t want you to know about! From July 2004 through June 2007 ICE was on the UFT Executive Board. ICE has kept this fact a secret and out of their literature because in the three years that they were in a […]
VOTE NEW ACTION
New Action is the oldest and most responsible opposition caucus in the UFT. We recognize that there is a crisis for our members brought on by the corporate takeover of education. For years New Action has been organizing and mobilizing the membership to fight and win benefits for UFT members New Acti
New Action…part of the solution!
New Action… we’re not Unity… Unity failed to endorse Bill Thompson for Mayor. Unity supported mayoral control of education. Unity has failed to unionize charter schools. Unity has failed to challenge hundreds of abusive administrators. Unity failed to create a membership that is in
New Action/UFT Endorses Michael Mulgrew for President
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 cla
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