In 2005, them UFT President, Randi Weingarten badly miscalculated and agreed to eliminate seniority transfer, which allowed the DOE to impose school-based Fair Student Funding (fsf). Ms. Weingartem's miscalculation was that she didn't think that the DOE would allow ATRs to be without a classroom and pay 150 million dollars yearly. However, Chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Michael Bloomberg believed it was worth the extra cost to eliminate veteran teachers and close schools while hiring inexpensive "newbies" in their "education on the cheap" policy. Of course Fair Student Funding did not affect the union leadership, only their rank and file members were affected by this perverse and discriminatory policy.
The main reason the union leadership didn't fight fsf is that they are not affected by the policy. Moreover, it doesn't hurt that they get double dues from the 1,300+ ATRs and the "newbies" hired by the schools in place of them. Finally, why should the UFT President, Michael Mulgrew, butt heads with his friend the Mayor? Better to have 1,300+ ATRs being glorified babysitters, with no right to refuse forced placements, than advocating for their placement back in the classroom and pissing off his buddy the Mayor.
Very true - double dues and a ‘screw you’ from Mulgrew.
ReplyDeleteHe would not piss off diblasio. diblasio could care less about anything related to nyc right now as diblas is off to the white house
ReplyDeleteWhy did they agree in Field Supervisors harassing ATRs with ridiculous flyby observations? Why are they bypassing our tenure rigths and they are allowing discrimination?
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ReplyDeleteMore than 7-in-10 households headed by immigrants in the state of California are on taxpayer-funded welfare, a new study reveals.
The latest Census Bureau data analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that about 72 percent of households headed by noncitizens and immigrants use one or more forms of taxpayer-funded welfare programs in California — the number one immigrant-receiving state in the U.S.
Meanwhile, only about 35 percent of households headed by native-born Americans use welfare in California. Lets just open the borders and let some more in why not? The only difference will be that your tax bill will go up.
It's on, and has been on, UFT Solidarity's platform since 2014 when the caucus was created. Chaz, hope you support and even throw your name in on the ballot. Uftsolidarity.org/runwithus
ReplyDeleteJames, the Union does not represent you or your needs. The UFT is an auxiliary of the Democratic Party which is not reliably or consistently pro-union.
ReplyDeleteThe question you should really ask yourself is: Why I am still paying UFT dues when I can opt out?
<1:38> What the hell are you talking about? This has nothing to do with the article. Take your propaganda somewhere else please (even though I'm sure half the people who comment on this message board will gobble it up)
ReplyDeleteOnce more our UFT agreed to have ATRs observed in classes out of license, and with students they met for the first time. The observation process is set up in a an arbitrary and capricious way to target ATRs. This is how they pay you back after many years of service while they continue to hire young teachers, and some of them uncertified or less qualified. Does it sound like systemic age discrimination or not?
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that we have a useless Union that is allowing an apartheid system based on age, and it is hurting our students and schools.
ReplyDeleteThe Union will rather protect Leadership Principals bringing our schools to the ground.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to see veteran teachers being pushed out while they hire uncertified newbies, and our schools keep getting worse.
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