NO-ING YOUR RIGHTS: A BRIEF BREAKDOWN OF OUR VAGUE CONTRACT – Ginsberg
Ironclad. Indisputable. Irrefutable. Three words that should never be uttered when describing our albatross of a contract – or, what we think is our contract. The most recent complete version available online is from 2014, along with Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs) from 2018 and 2023. One woul
UFT Contract Update: Countdown for ‘Chump Change?’
It seems like everywhere we’re getting signals that UFT leadership is readying for contract ratification. To get a ‘yes vote’ though, they’ll need membership to agree – whether it’s a good deal or not. And that work needs to start now – before we see the details and have second thought
Imminent UFT Contract? Healthcare Alternatives, and More: UFT Executive Board Minutes 5-8-2023
Summary/Analysis: I’m getting home a bit late tonight, so just some quick notes/analysis. Open Mic Peter Lamphere: Good evening Executive Board members and UFT siblings… I recently had a second child and have come to even more appreciate the value of our hard-won health care benefits. Not
New Action/UFT Message on Contract/Healthcare
New Action is concerned about the current state of contract negotiations. We have repeated many times that by allowing DC-37 to negotiate their contract first, they have set the “pattern” for all subsequent contracts to follow. The UFT, the strongest city union, should have negotiated first. The
What would a fair UFT contract look like?
Contract negotiations are under way, though without an end-time in sight. We’ll soon see if the City was bluffing when it made its ultimatum that healthcare must be ‘fixed’ before they really sit down to negotiate, especially on raises. Their deadline for the City Council to amend
Are one-time raises more important than healthcare?
There’s been a lot of debate about healthcare over the last several weeks, with opposition unionists writing some brilliant pieces. Fellow executive board member Ronnie Almonte (MORE) wrote probably the best summary of the UFT’s healthcare debacle, while James Eterno (ICE) has written co
IEPs (and finding time to write them)
As New York teachers well know, IEPs are the legal documents that justify and lay out services for students with disabilities. They’re necessary, no doubt about it. But as special education teachers, IEP Teachers, and various related service providers also well know, the paperwork involved in