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Our Union Stabbed The ATRs In The Back.
Well our wonderful union apparently did it again! An inferior contract with raises of 10% for 7 years or approximately a 1.4% annual increase. Worse our retroactive pay for the two 4% raises from the...
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How Do The Raises Work In The New Contract?
The nine year contract between the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the City was finalized yesterday and includes a 18% raise by the end of the contract in 2018 (10% for 7 years). However,...
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A Contract That Michael Bloomberg Would Be Proud Of.
The UFT and the union-friendly progressive Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio agreed to a nine year contract on Thursday and while the "devil is in the details"as there is no Memorandum of...
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The Tentative Salary Schedule For The New Contract.
Here is the tentative salary schedule for selected grades wiith the new contract.Scale......Present......Fall.......May......May........May...
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The Union Agrees To A Teacher Caste System.
Last night the UFT released the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and has officially descended into the cesspool of collaboration with the DOE by throwing the ATRs "under the bus". The MOA has severely...
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The Bloomberg Era "Gotcha System" Against Teachers Is Evident In The DOE/UFT...
Its interesting how UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and Chancellor Carmen Farina really like each other and an outsider would think that the twelve year Bloomberg Era of teacher bashing is a thing of...
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How Could The Union Throw The ATRs Under The Bus For An Inferior Contract?
Reading the education blogs, my emails and speaking to many teachers as I rotate through the schools weekly, the overwhelming sentiment is that the UFT negotiated contract is short on money, too much...
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According To One Math Teacher We Are Not Getting Our Full Retroactive Raises.
One of the major selling points of the proposed contract is that we are getting the"full retroactive raises"despite the length of years to actually receive it. In a contract that is giving its members...
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The DOE Continues To Punish ATRs Who Won Their 3020-a Hearings And That's...
One of the most disturbing part of the proposed UFT/DOE contract is the "caste system" that is being established by the DOE for the ATRs with diminished "due process rights", lack of a "mutual...
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Can Retiring ATRs Get Both The Lump Sum Retroactivity And Severance? - No!
I was asked a question from an ATR who plans to retire at the end of the school year could he get both the lump sum retroactive raises along with the immediate pension boost by retiring before June...
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Vote No On Monday For Our Self Respect.
The UFT members in the schools will be voting yes or no for the proposed contract. By voting no you will be telling the UFT leadership that we refuse to throw the"ATRs under the bus", allowing for a...
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of The Proposed Contract.
It's no secret that many of the members are dissatisfied with the proposed UFT contract with the City but should they vote for it next week? Of course my answer is NO! However, lets look at the...
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My Interview With A Uniformed Union Official About The Proposed Teacher...
I spoke with a union official from one of the uniformed services and asked him what was his opinion about the proposed teachers contract with the City? Predictably, he was not too happy with the terms...
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Memo To The Chancellor, Why Fair Student Funding Is Bad For Student Academic...
One of the more despicable education policies under the Bloomberg Administration was the introduction of the "fair student funding" (fsf) formula for the NYC public schools. The "fsf" forced...
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In The DOE Its Ideology First And Children Last.
It has been about six months since the NYC public schools have had a new Mayor and a long term educator as Chancellor. However, when it comes to real changes to the damaging Bloomberg education...
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The UFT Leadership Sold Out The Members To Support Mayor Bill de Blasio's...
Let me first make this perfectly clear. I have no problem with Mayor Bill de Blasio's progressive vision for New York City. Many of his ideas are preferable to Michael Bloomberg's view that closed...
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Chancellor Carmen Farina Is Part Of The Problem And Not The Solution.
Its very interestingly how the leadership of our union and the new Chancellor appears to get along with each other which was not the case under the Bloomberg administration. Its no wonder that UFT...
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The Union Screws Members On Unpaid Leave By Excluding Them From The $1,000...
Yes, its true. Chalkbeat has reportedthat our union has screwed another group of its members by excluding the people who are on unpaid leave from receiving their $1,000 bonus.That;s right 3,600 UFT...
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Demystifying The Annuity Savings Accumulation Fund.
One of the nice perks that New York City teachers get is the Annuity Savings Accumulation Fund, known as the ASAF. However, its also a fund that most teachers don't know they have and how it operates....
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Chancellor Carmen Farina Continues The DOE's Education On The Cheap Policy.
Chancellor Carmen Farina has informed principals that there will be no increased funding to their tight budgets for the next school year as she continues the Bloomberg Era funding that has seen the...
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