UFT Election Season is here – UFT DA Notes, 10-16-2024
Summary/Analysis: Mulgrew said it himself – it’s election season. Of course, he used this phrase to mischaracterize the speech of retirees who had just won a completed election to control the UFT’s Retired Teachers Chapter (RTC). No slate, in fact, has been announced to run against Unity this
Funding a Union
Unions have a democratic economic formula. Member dues are the main source of income for the union’s operations, which keeps union officials beholden to/ accountable to one special interest–the members interest–and ensures they are attentive. It keeps the organization honest. Peopl
If the UFT is against MAP, what are we doing about it? – UFT Exec Board Minutes and Analysis 10-7-2024
Summary and Analysis: Unofficial minutes follow. Moment of silence for Oct. 7 Open Mic Name left out for privacy: daughter going through something heavy, explain after – thanks to Rashad. Secure, big weight off shoulders. Daughter’s mother in law is on her death bed, has cancer. Fighting it, the
New Action Meeting, Oct 9th
September 30, 2024 Dear New Action Member and Friends, Hold the date – Wednesday, October 9 – for our first general membership meeting of the newschool year. Our special guest will be Bennett Fischer, newly elected chair of the RetiredTeachers’ Chapter (RTC) of the UFT. Bennett will update
Curriculum, Healthcare, and Budget: 9-23-24-UFT Executive Board Summary, Analysis, and Minutes
For the full informal minutes, see below. No open mic speakers. Minutes: approved. Reports from Officers Mike Sill: Just talking to Nick Bacon about this – we jointly motivated a resolution about this. High School discontinuances. If you get discontinued in community school district, can change li
Welcome Back!
Dear UFT Chapter Leaders, Delegates, and Activists, Welcome back! The New Action/ UFT caucus is a network of union-proud organizers, and we want to make sure you know about us. Our caucus is the oldest progressive opposition caucus in the United Federation of Teachers – in existence since the mid
UFT Townhall 9/17/24 – Notes and Analysis
Major Takeaways from Tonight’s Town Hall (semi-minutes, unofficial, with some notes, mostly in italics):
UFT Executive Board Minutes 9/9/24
Summary/Notes: Last night was the first UFT executive board of the 2024-2025 school year. This will be the last year that the current 102 executive board members, elected in the 2022 citywide UFT election, will serve their posts (except for those who are re-elected of course). A new election is to t
FOLLOW THE MONEY: WHICH LEGISLATORS BENEFIT MOST FROM OUR UNIONS? – PART IV (COMPLETE LIST) – David Ginsberg
This is part four of a series on COPE by David Ginsberg and contains a complete list of where contributions go. To see parts one, two, and three, click the respective hyperlinks. Every two weeks, union dues and voluntary COPE donations come out of the paychecks of more than 100,000 active UFT member
FOLLOW THE MONEY: WHICH LEGISLATORS BENEFIT MOST FROM OUR UNIONS? – PART III (David Ginsberg)
This article is the third installment in a multi-part series. For the first installment, see here. For the second, see here. Every two weeks, union dues and voluntary COPE donations come out of the paychecks of more than 100,000 active UFT members. Millions upon millions of dollars of our hard earn