View Online Your Rights Your Benefits Your Union Team High School Join our remote Oct. 27 citywide academic high school meeting Dear Jay, Please join our remote academic high school meeting. This citywide meeting is an excellent opportunity to discuss common challenges and issues academic high schools face this extraordinary year. Also, we want to hear about successes… Read More
http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/live-blogging-from-october-virtual.html?m=1 Moment of silence for Elizabeth Languilli and Edie Shanker (wife of Al Shanker) who both passed away. President’s Report Only school system that had mandatory testing until state designated certain other districts to test. Pushed back the opening of school twice because we weren’t ready. DOE guidance on how… Read More
By Daniel R. Leopold This is a response to the editorial at https://nypost.com/2020/10/11/de-blasios-fiscal-savings-a-loss-to-taxpayers-a-gift-to-teachers-union/amp#aoh=16025025151986&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s This article makes it sound like the UFT are vultures looking to pick at the remains of a barely fiscally alive city. That is not the truth. No, to understand the truth you must not only look… Read More
I was a newly elected chapter leader in 2014, and I remember having to tell members in my building over and over that the retro pay agreement is better than not getting what Bloomberg denied us, but it is really nothing to celebrate either. We worked without a contract from… Read More
Dear Ms. Norton: We have at least 28 UFT members who have committed to filing a new petition with a Temporary Restraining Order previously filed under Corwin et. al. v. City of NY<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdocument%2F475909908%2FSolidarity-Complaint-pdf%23from_embed&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc094e2e38a434ef2536808d860c52a70%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637365747223210065&sdata=taLQxRPd13svYNTOSBRS%2F1%2FBuOIth%2BfpXD1J5kNBlCQ%3D&reserved=0> demanding a fair remote work accommodation. These dues paying members are paying out of their own pockets… Read More
By Claudia F Giordano Anyone who has walked into, or simply stood out inside of a school building as students arrive for school in the morning or leave school at dismissal can see that the number of human bodies, children and adult, is overwhelming. It’s an enormous task on the… Read More
With that in mind, on THIS Solidarity Blog, I am posting about a MORE meeting where our current situation with the city and upcoming strike actions will be discussed. Please register via the link below. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscO2spj0iE9Yv4d8GuOsVuxTagR5mflvb Read More
UFT Solidarity Meeting-August 20th JAY-Updates – Everyone has questions with very few answers from Mayor, Chancellor, or UFT President. Assuming we go back, we have to be hyper vigilant. We need to be careful on what we wear, say, and even breath. Face shields are recommended – especially if you… Read More
Monday | August 10, 2020 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM via Zoom General Norms: We have a large group attending today so we are kindly asking for your cooperation by complying with the following: At 3pm we will promptly begin the meeting. At this time, please turn off your video… Read More
About the Author: Eric Severson is a Special Education teacher at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn. He ran as a VP with UFT Solidarity in 2016 and 2019. Recently many teachers have begun sharing a reversal of the old saying maligning teachers: “Those who can do teach, and those… Read More
