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Does a new president make a difference?
This is about the United Federation of Teachers, not the United States. And I’ve started writing this post four or so times since July. Each time would have been different. In July I would have … more →
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Negotiations - what matters most
jd2718 wrote 11 hours ago: by Jonathan Halabi Halabi is a 13-year math teacher in the Bronx. He is Chapter Leader at the HS of … more →
Does a new president make a difference?
jd2718 wrote 1 day ago: This is about the United Federation of Teachers, not the United States. And I’ve started writi … more →
Our latest: Health Care, post-Election, School Aides
jd2718 wrote 3 days ago: We’ve posted our latest leaflet, from the November Delegate Assembly. Highlights: On the UFT R … more →
How does the Negotiating Committee work?
jd2718 wrote 6 days ago: The United Federation of Teachers is negotiating with New York City and its Department of Education … more →
on The Negotiating Committee and its Executive Committee
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jd2718 wrote 6 days ago: by Jonathan Halabi Halabi is a 13-year math teacher in the Bronx. He is Chapter Leader at the HS of … more →
New Action Statement on the Mayoral Election
jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: New Action is proud of the fact that we endorsed William Thompson early in the mayoral race. We dist … more →
Second New Action leader makes statement on negotiations
jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: David Kaufman, co-chair of New Action, discusses fish, contracts, and holidays on the New Action web … more →
Negotiations 101 – a personal reminisce
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jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: by David Kaufman David is a co-chair of New Action/UFT. He currently is a member of the UFT Executiv … more →
Resolution on Health Care
jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: New Action co-authored the UFT Resolution on Health Care this past September. We reprint the resolut … more →
New Action leader makes statement on negotiations
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jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: Mike Shulman, co-chair of New Action, discusses money, givebacks and ATRs on the New Action blog. We … more →
On Contract Negotiations
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jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: by Michael Shulman Mike is a co-chair of New Action/UFT. A 36 year teacher and recent retiree. He wa … more →
Pension error - UFT Statement
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jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: Bank error to blame for withdrawn pension payments Nov 6, 2009 5:57 PM [click for PSC Statement] Som … more →
Did the UFT make a difference?
jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: It is not pleasant to review mistakes, but the alternative is worse. What miscalculations led the UF … more →
"Reject Bloomberg on November 3!", says ICE teachers union members
kwilder wrote 3 weeks ago: KW: I truly see independent and third party politics as a journey to freeing people from the regular … more →
When Bad Things Happen to a Good Teacher
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Deven Black wrote 1 month ago: Image via Wikipedia This is a story about the rubber room. A teacher in my school got arrested today … more →
The Teachers Union "Would Protect a Dead Body in the Classroom"
BBVM wrote 2 months ago: Paraphrasing the old publicist’s line: If you read one article on government schools this year … more →
The Amsterdam News Endorses Norman Siegel!
jonahlr wrote 2 months ago: Norman Siegel received a tremendous boost today. The Amsterdam News, the oldest continuously publish … more →
New York City's public education problem
Ariel Goldring wrote 2 months ago: Steven Brill’s new article on the New York City teachers’ union is absolutely spot-on. B … more →
East Texas - organizing wrap up
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jd2718 wrote 3 months ago: Today was my last day of organizing work in East Texas. Tomorrow I fly home. Over the last two weeks … more →
