UFT Solidarity and the ICE UFT Blog are collecting stories of long term, Z-status, and appointed term subs who have not been receiving their pay and benefits. We are hoping that enough of us can come together, stand together, and fight for people’s rightfully earned salary and benefits. This is… Read More
Anyone who genuinely wants to improve the UFT is welcome to join me on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM for a UFT Solidarity sponsored Zoom workshop on running for chapter leader or delegate. The school chapters are the backbone of the Union. If multiple UFTers with integrity and… Read More
UPDATE: Teacher Evaluation System **This is from my District Rep** The UFT has reached a teacher evaluation agreement with the city Department of Education for the 2020-21 school year under which most teachers will receive only one informal observation and members who have already had successful walkthroughs will not need… Read More
The CDC has announced that teachers do not need vaccines to return to their classrooms. They only need “resources” to stay safe. Why doubt the CDC? Why question this government institution? Everyone should doubt an institution that reverses its position and puts safety last. The CDC has said that masks… Read More
The framers of Education Law 906(1) never conceived of students being asymptomatic carriers of a virus like COVID-19 and could infect the families of countless students. To not test a significant portion of the student population that is known to asymptotic carriers by numerous scientific studies, and endangers lives to… Read More
Hello People! Our Friday and Saturday sessions were well-attended and we had a lively and insightful discussions of various aspects of how our union came into being. We were able to thoroughly cover the preface and first two chapters of The Teacher Rebellion. I would like to forge ahead with the… Read More
Dear friends and family,Please push Cuomo to waive teacher evaluation this year. DiBlasio and Carranza screwed the School Year up by not focusing on schools until mid-July. Online instruction is very different than teaching in a building and to evaluate teachers on student engagement under these COVID-19 times is just… Read More
After presenting the resolution, of course Unity played dirty and Mary Vacarro spoke against by intentionally mischaracterizing the resolution and then it was voted against 40%-60%. She said that it was unreasonable to expect remote teachers to not receive evaluations this year. I was given no opportunity to clarify what… Read More
Mayor Lightfoot promises slower phase-in with on PreK and Special Ed clusters coming in on Tuesday, K-5 on February 22, and 6-8 on March 1. She threatened to lock out teachers who don’t return to their buildings on Monday. Dozens of teachers who were in the first phase which was… Read More
February Town Hall with Michael Mulgrew 1)Introduced Senator Chuck Schumer: Thank teachers for everything we have done. He believes in public education. His family has grown up in public schools. We stayed open the whole year during this Pandemic. More urgent tasks of getting all teachers and school workers vaccinated…. Read More
