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:
UFT Contract 2022-2027: Debunking Unity’s ‘Yes Vote’ Propaganda
As can be expected in any arbitrarily rushed UFT contract ratification process, union staffers have gone into full fledged ‘yes vote’ mode, issuing some reasoned arguments, but mostly propaganda, as to why members should approve the 2022-2027 contract. In this piece, I’ll debunk some of the mo
UFT Contract Analysis: Zeroing in on Special Education. What went wrong? And what does that mean for the rest of the agreement?
If there’s any section of the contract that can help us understand if the UFT was successful in negotiations, it’s special education. The reason here is simple. It is one of the few places where UFT had some obvious leverage during this round of bargaining. Because of the many public failings ar
UFT Contract PSA: Beware of Distracting ‘Perks’
Yesterday, I analyzed most of the UFT’s new tentative agreement with the City, and was able to determine that this contract is not a deal that provides UFT members with what we deserve. Sure, there’s a lot of noise about nice bells and whistles like the ability to potentially work from h
UFT Tentative Agreement Online (Mostly) – Not as Rosy as Mulgrew’s Presentations
This morning, I published a piece analyzing the tentative agreement based solely on the promotional materials put out by Michael Mulgrew. This afternoon, the MOA itself was posted, along with some appendices. At one point there was a message that appendices were still being added. It’s unclear
Examining the 2023 UFT contract draft – a ‘tentative’ analysis
There’s a tentative contractual agreement between the UFT and the DOE that will soon be sent out for ratification. Before I give my complete take on it, I’ll need to actually see it. I can’t yet of course. Even though I’m on the much touted ‘500-member negotiating committee,’ the executi
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