Will there be a contract this year? UFT’s latest communication suggests not.
On Monday, the 500-member negotiating committee will meet. That highly anticipated event, the culmination of a year of negotiations, will be followed immediately by the final UFT executive board meeting of the 2022-2023 school year. The very next afternoon, the June Delegate Assembly will be held. B
Mulgrew: the Comptroller is worried about MAP. Why aren’t you?
Today, Comptroller Brad Lander declined to register the Aetna MAP plan for New York City municipal retirees, citing not just pending litigation, but also concerns over the ethics of reverting to Medicare Advantage in the first place. Specifically, he noted “the broader Medicare Advantage trends ar
UFT: Why weren’t we remote today?
Today, I’m writing with a bit of a headache, having breathed in exorbitant amounts of smoke and toxins both at work and on my commute. Due to an injury that makes standing/walking risky, I don’t have much of a choice but to bike twenty miles round trip. Teachers, after all, can’t afford to liv
On Contract and Democracy – UFT Executive Board Minutes, 6-5-2023
Summary/Analysis: Informal Notes Follow Mike Sill: filling in for LeRoy Bar. Open Mic Karen Miller: 2nd grade ICT gen-ed teacher at PS15 in D1. June, with everything going on wanted to reflect and share on some of the successes that go on in the classroom, and things that have been great at least in
UFT Leadership is Playing ‘Chicken’ – and We’re all the Losers
The Unity-led UFT has finally let a ‘select group’ of members learn their negotiating strategy, and it’s not exactly 3-D chess. Now, all of this was said at a CAT team meeting, with over 1,000 unknown attendees, none of whom had to prove their identity to get in. There were no NDAs for
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
UFT Contract 101: What makes a giveback a giveback?
Unless negotiations between the UFT and the City completely break down, all indications suggest that a tentative contractual agreement is near. United for Change, of which New Action Caucus is a member, published a combined list of five demands we need met before voting yes. I wrote a piece detailin
UFT Contract: There’s a 0% chance we vote yes to 3%!
Inflation is out of control. Educators, who have never made enough to begin with, know this acutely. We feel it while stocking up at the grocery store and while searching for even the most modest apartments. We feel it while trying to buy a used car or while saving for the college education of our [
UFT Members: How to transfer on Open Market and not end up with an abusive administration
It’s late May and slowly but surely, positions are starting to list on the DOE’s Open Market system. UFT members can use this system to seek out transfer opportunities within the NYC public school system. Teachers who do this keep their pay, seniority, and tenure (as long as they work under