tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post2627283869848960697..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: The Mulgrew/Weingarten Sellout Of The Rank And File Will Result In Members Refusing To Pay Dues.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-74399278091328052702015-07-15T16:57:39.360-04:002015-07-15T16:57:39.360-04:00Just a note, union dues also cover our benefits th...Just a note, union dues also cover our benefits through the welfare fund such as prescription drugs, dental and vision. It also covers short term disability payments when on medical leave when you go off payroll due to illness, in other words it keeps some money coming in until you return to work. I have used all. I am not saying that we should pay dues because of this, but we should be fully informed about what we may have to lose. Coverage of these benefits by the DOE or city, would require that we pay for it through our health insurance plans. I'm not sure the DOE offers a short term disability plan at all to DOE or city workers. Just examine fully the consequences of not paying dues and how we could replace lost benefits before we jump on the bandwagon. We have lost enough already. Let's plan to sustain ourselves before we act or react. IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-48346760551992733002015-07-12T18:35:36.186-04:002015-07-12T18:35:36.186-04:00If Mulgrew and Unity caucus stay on board running ...If Mulgrew and Unity caucus stay on board running the UFT, then they can kiss my union dues goodbye... I already don't want to pay them... Freaking rip-off squandering my money, but won't help me as a paying member, lies to my face and then lies about telling the lie in the first place. KARMA is real....oOOOOOO...I don't like them...gritting teethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-45228366004663864912015-07-11T16:30:45.656-04:002015-07-11T16:30:45.656-04:00chaz:
Thanks for the history lesson. I almost fo...chaz:<br /><br />Thanks for the history lesson. I almost forgot all the "givebacks" they agreed to. Glad you are blogging and reminding us of this terrible betrayal by the union leadership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-64646753567811061822015-07-11T08:12:37.265-04:002015-07-11T08:12:37.265-04:00Chaz, this is a great and to the point history les...Chaz, this is a great and to the point history lesson. I can't emphasize enough how many members don't know (don't care) and don't realize the connection between Weingarten/Mulgrew and their current situations in the classroom.<br /><br />A thing missing is the 2010 evaluation sellout shown in video on www.mikemulgrew.com<br /><br />Sharing.Francesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-2918357757306308322015-07-10T23:47:31.124-04:002015-07-10T23:47:31.124-04:00they wanted to disregard their members for years, ...they wanted to disregard their members for years, they should not be surprised when the members disregard them. to hell with em, after all what exactly does the union dues get its members now anyway...not like we get invited on those nice trips, with nice dinners. <br /><br />Or perhaps this will be a blessing...people will leave in droves, and the UFT will have to reform itself, and become the militant force that made the city shake for years...or go the way of the dinosaurs. Perhaps if they acted in the interests of those that pay them, people would be more active and less apathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-10236033080888766342015-07-10T08:22:44.875-04:002015-07-10T08:22:44.875-04:00Dues don't pay for the scholarship. It is a s...Dues don't pay for the scholarship. It is a separate fund. Dues are increased automatically, many feel illegally, based on a resolution from around 1980.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-66201109165958794732015-07-09T23:00:38.526-04:002015-07-09T23:00:38.526-04:00This may be unpopular but I think I recently read ...This may be unpopular but I think I recently read on the front page of the UFT paper that $1 million was given in scholarship money. I'm not saying to completely scrap the idea of UFT financed scolarships but it seems as if every year dues are being increased. Efforts should be made to cut back expenses and create a balanced budget instead of unfettered spending and then raising dues to cover expenses, if that is what is happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-53484592815290431902015-07-09T03:54:23.511-04:002015-07-09T03:54:23.511-04:00You forgot Mildew squandering our dues money on fu...You forgot Mildew squandering our dues money on funding a UFT demonstration against the police on behalf of Eric Garner and providing buses to the event, and providing warehouse storage space (that WE pay for) for Occupy Wall Street protesters' paraphernalia while they ran amok and relieved themselves on police cars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-12277711876712605442015-07-09T03:27:37.461-04:002015-07-09T03:27:37.461-04:00The UFT is the epitome of the agency shop concept ...The UFT is the epitome of the agency shop concept gone horribly wrong. Hard working (and I think generally well meaning) people are effectively forced to pay into an organization that have consistently demonstrated to work against their best interests in almost every metric (either as individuals or as a group at large, recognizing that sometimes what might not be seen as favorable for an individual per se may be appropriate for a common group in the big picture). <br /><br />While I can list examples, I think what was written in the main body of this post and also covered in past posts in this blog alone is a pretty good start as it is. (I know there are other well written blogs as well)<br /><br />Now, I'm going to take it one step further and put it even more bluntly: The UFT has become an extortion racket with collection powers backed by New York State. I am sure that it's one hell of a great deal for the small minority of UFT members who benefit from the racket in place and for the NYCDOE / NYSED who can keep playing off fears from the different factions to continue down their line of embezzlement (enriching a small group of connected individuals and corporations) while obliterating public education in the process.<br /><br />I do recognize the value of independent unions and see the continuous push to degrade working conditions across the board. However, in my opinion, the SCOTUS cannot eliminate the practice of mandatory agency fee paying fast enough. Unfortunately, it's becoming the only feasible way to hold accountable the unions that have really lost its way and refuses to accept guidance from within its core membership to get back on the right path. Make them prove their worth for their beneficiaries or be gone (and let a new one that knows why it exists and who it works for take its place). <br /><br />If we want to have any hope of removing outside parasites, we have to remove the internal parasites first especially if we cannot co-opt the internals to work overall in our favor. I'd prefer to do this sooner rather than later where the sustained damage increases and it becomes increasingly more difficult to take corrective actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-41645746357057090462015-07-08T22:43:39.233-04:002015-07-08T22:43:39.233-04:00This is a double edged sword: Choice 1: Don't ...This is a double edged sword: Choice 1: Don't pay dues and save $1,200 a year but you will not have a contract to back you up. Choice 2: Pay dues so you have contract with some protections but the union would still not give a crap about you. As much as I hate the UFT, we still need some form of a union as the other option is that we all become "at will employes" with no protections what so ever. The sad fact is that a crappy union is better than no union. If the law changes it might be the kick in the ass that the UFT needs to actually represent the interests of teachers instead of just mooching off the dues of their members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-67443733041538849122015-07-08T20:31:22.873-04:002015-07-08T20:31:22.873-04:00Unfortunately most teachers will not pay dues, if ...Unfortunately most teachers will not pay dues, if given the option. The reasons not to are valid, but will result it us biting our noses off to spite our faces. This is what private industry would like to see. It will be the coup de grace for public education and usher in a accelerated charter school invasion.Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-3808374194111227062015-07-08T19:56:24.233-04:002015-07-08T19:56:24.233-04:00Maybe Weingarten, Mulgrew and the rest of the clow...Maybe Weingarten, Mulgrew and the rest of the clowns will have to get real jobs instead of their union leader imposter gigs.<br /><br />Abigail ShureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com