tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post8847684021813477616..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: The Maternity Leave Dilemma.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-91893562330244985842017-09-30T15:02:36.314-04:002017-09-30T15:02:36.314-04:00You know what I would love to see: Just imagine a ...You know what I would love to see: Just imagine a female NYC teacher married to a super rich husband. The female teacher hates her job but loves her own children so she gets pregnant every 9 months and then gets paid maternity leave just to get out of work for a few weeks every year. So awesome if that happened!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-20797461030575884522017-09-30T11:22:09.150-04:002017-09-30T11:22:09.150-04:00The city's biggest concern regarding maternity...The city's biggest concern regarding maternity leave will be the amount of men attempting at by any mean possible to get pregnant. This will create sex changes and other concerns. One guy in my department already told me he is taking hormone pills just in case maternity leave goes into effect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-66533847003034108462017-09-28T21:57:57.284-04:002017-09-28T21:57:57.284-04:00Can we start a petition to get the UFT to negotiat...Can we start a petition to get the UFT to negotiate getting my Monday and Tuesday afternoons back or at least making them count for my CTLE hours? I'd sign that petition in a second:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-39243392430886552522017-09-28T20:41:23.737-04:002017-09-28T20:41:23.737-04:00We will lose a lot of money if we lose days from o...We will lose a lot of money if we lose days from our car and will we lose money if we lose our 10 sick days. I’ve done the math if you have a decent amount of days in your car. It’s an incredible amount of money. We should fight and fight hard against this. There has to be a way to not screw over people who don’t want kids, or had kids already.<br /><br />We are not the same now. We get observed differently and rated differently. That sailed long ago.<br /><br />Oh, they also screwed us over with medical insurance so we are spending more money on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-81311686242664151922017-09-28T19:45:01.772-04:002017-09-28T19:45:01.772-04:00Take Norm's pension to pay for it.Take Norm's pension to pay for it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-15378688585438967362017-09-28T19:29:25.264-04:002017-09-28T19:29:25.264-04:00chaz maybe you can do a piece about how "well...chaz maybe you can do a piece about how "well" the city policies on bullying are doing. I'm surprised there aren't more bodies lying in the hallways!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-88197148510675836632017-09-28T17:46:35.253-04:002017-09-28T17:46:35.253-04:00Chaz, you summed it up perfectly. There will never...Chaz, you summed it up perfectly. There will never be "paid" maternity leave for municipal unions in NYC unless there is givebacks. The perfect example of this fact is what happened to the few managers that got it. They took a hit of 2 lost sick days. I don't want to sound politically incorrect, but the UFT should not agree to any givebacks whatsoever in regard to this. I have no problem with teachers who want to have a baby, but that choice, and it is a choice, should not come out of my CAR as a child free teacher. The UFT/DOE needs to negotiate some kind of a "maternity bank" for teachers who want to have kids. The MORE folks have claimed that being in a union is one for all and all for one but I gotta call bullshit on that. Having kid is a lot different than getting sick which is unpredictable. Even sabbaticals can only be taken by teachers with at least 7 years for a half year and 14 years for a full year. The UFT/DOE needs to come up with some kind of equitable plan that does not take away days or pay from teachers who already had kids or are not planning on having kids. This topic has the potential to create a huge rift in the rank and file if the UFT agrees to givebacks in exchange for paid maternity leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com