New Action at the UFT Exec Board – this year
WHAT NEW ACTION/UFT HAS DONE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP SINCE 2010 -13 SOME ISSUES TAKEN UP BY OUR NEW ACTION/UFT EXEC BOARD MEMBERS Part III – September 2012 – March 2013 September 2012 New Action wins bipartisan support in solidarity with Chicago teachers New Action introduces resolution t
The Social Justice Caucus? Action vs Words
MORE Coalition- The Social Justice Caucus? The MORE group has highlighted their commitment to fight for social justice in recent election material. They call themselves the social justice caucus. On the other hand it is noteworthy that New Action/UFT has been in the forefront of the struggle for a n
NEW ACTION SLATE 2013
OFFICERS President Michael Mulgrew, Wm. Grady HS Secretary Carol Widom, PS 219K Assistant Secretary Cheryl F. Hawkins, PS/IS 150K, Retired Treasurer Ronald Leung, Fort Hamilton HS Assistant Treasurer Bruce Rajswasser, Curtis HS VP, at Large Gregory DiStefano, Tottenville HS, Retired, UFT Organizing
Why New Action opposes the recommendations to modify mayoral control
At Monday’s Executive Board the Committee on School Governance presented a set of School Governance Recommendations. The committee worked hard on its recommendations. The individual proposals are positive. But they are framed as modifications, as checks and balances on Mayoral Control. One o
An Unfortunate Decade of Mayoral Mistakes
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the February 2013 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: NA/UFT 02/2013 leaflet Year New Action Recommends Did we listen? Result 2002 No to Mayoral Control No. First Mayoral Control bill gives Bloomberg unfettered control Countless Disrupt
Teacher Evaluation and Binding Arbitration – No Way to Go!
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the February 2013 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: NA/UFT 02/2013 leaflet “Cuomo told Bloomberg and the United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew that if they can’t hammer out an agreement for an evaluation system b
Let’s Not Even Think about a Quinn Endorsement for Mayor
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the February 2013 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: NA/UFT 02/2013 leaflet Bill DiBlasio, John Liu, and Bill Thompson may each be worthy of our consideration, but not Christine Quinn. The current City Council Speaker has acted as a so
New Action challenges mayoral control
On Tuesday, January 22, New Action Co-chair Jonathan Halabi presented a resolution at the UFT Executive Board meeting calling on our union to get behind a bill to take absolute control over the PEP away from the Mayor Bloomberg. The bill introduced by Velmanette Montgomery and David Weprin would
New Action on Teacher Evaluation – our record is clear
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the January 2013 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: Leaflet 2013 January “A Train Wreck Waiting to Happen!” New Action’s record on a New Teacher Evaluation System and Teacher Tenure is clear: January 2010 – New Action/
Winter “Day of Action”
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the December 2012 UFT Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: Leaflet 2012 December New Action proposes citywide mobilizations this winter to address a host of issues in the schools, not least the fact that we have been without a contract since