For years we have been hearing about the issues occurring at the Manhattan high schools. When the issues we hear are similar, but come from different schools, we have no choice but to connect the dots and see that the problems are coming from the district office. UFT members and… Read More
Oftentimes members complain that they do not have a say before the UFT agrees on something on their behalf. From evaluation, ATR and other outside of contract agreements. We now see surveys trickling out from the UFT. We are not sure how they are being sent out, but UFT Solidarity caucus… Read More
Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, in the 2015-16 school year, the Board of Regents and I placed a hold on the use of student performance measures based on the grades 3-8 ELA and math State assessments as part of teacher and principal evaluations which continues through the 2018-19 school… Read More
ATRs, Here we share a simple guide to finding out who did obtain the positions experienced ATRs have applied for. Just follow the steps here and you should be able to see the license and years experience of the employees who did obtain the position you applied for. If you… Read More
School excessing is supposed to be performed in reverse seniority. Those teachers would then be placed in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) pool. This would imply that the average age of teachers in the ATR pool would be relatively low. This is not the case. The average age of ATRs,… Read More
There is not much to say here except that this is truly unfortunate. Contractual violations hurt members and often times hurt students and school communities. The UFT leadership went head to head with Mayor Bloomberg, or at least made like they did, and now have a cozy relationship with Mayor de… Read More
Are you a staff member or parent who is wondering why schools are consistently hiring fresh out of college teachers and not retaining experienced staff members? Look no further than Robert Gordon. He developed the Fair Student Funding for former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein. In sum and… Read More
Make sure you’re chapter leader has a consultation team that meets with the principal. Enforce rules and support members. Read More
As stated in the May 27, 2017 article below, UFT Solidarity, in an effort to finally make the election process fair, filed a number of election complaints against UFT Unity. Not only did the US Department of Labor (USDOL) decide to take the case, but the investigators hit the ground… Read More
Approximately a year ago, we created help@uftsolidarity.org. An email sent to that address is forwarded to over a dozen UFT Solidarity members. Read More
