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Unity: Caucus of Knifing Membership in the Back - A parody of the Unity...
Did you see this twisted, deceitful, ad hominem attack on the Unity website? It deserves an exposé showing what fucking liars and manipulators they are. ... UFT retiree SheilaIt is such a mess Norm!...
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Mulgrew/Weingarten/Unity Healthcare Lies and misinformation exposed by Daily...
The MLC has never bargained for or represented retirees, and surely not for me as a non-union City Council employee.... Gary Altman, lawyer for City Council for 38 years.Monday, August 21, 2023This...
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Regressive and Passive UFT Pales Behind Aggressive and Progressive Unions: Is...
It's the UFT/Unity Leadership, stupid.This is basic premise of this post and was stimulated by attending the SAG/AFTRA/AWG picket line with thousands from a variety of unions that make the UFT/Unity...
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How UFT/Unity is More Management than Union as it Succeeds in Changing NO to...
When we lose we re-do... Unity Caucus mantraThe evidence keeps mounting. The UFT is more an agent of the employer than a union. Ie - See healthcareA major difference between the UFT 60s-early 70s and...
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It's a Militant Union World - Except for a Certain Teacher Union
Continuing my series on How UFT/Unity is More Like Management than Union Today's assignment:Compare and Contrast: UAW Shawn Fein and UFT Michael Mulgrew as union leaders. Key point: Fain pushes back...
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A week late - First UFT Exec Bd Meeting Echos Labor Day Parade Lovefest - UFT...
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 I'm reporting on last week's ex bd (Sept. 11) and other events around that weekend. I didn't go to yesterday's meeting because my wife offered me a better meal. But given my...
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Beating up on UFT/Unity Leadership - Let Us Count the Ways
September was a lazy month for the Ed Notes blog. Only 3 posts. What else is there to say? But my problem has really been that I have so much to say on so many issues, I end up getting tangled up. And...
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The Rain in Spain Never Fell on the Plain - Did I miss anything while I was...
Saturday, October 21, 2023We returned Friday from a tour of northern Spain, our first travel since fall 2018 when we toured Croatia. We had the best two weeks of weather ever and missed the rain in...
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Unity Caucus and Amy-Gate -Reasons for Arundell removal as UFT Queens Borough...
When you're a Unity You're a Unity all the way From your first cigarette To your last dyin' day.... Opening line from my newly created Unity Caucus theme songUnity Caucus is an enemy, but not all Unity...
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Important information: November is the month to change health plans plus a...
Healthcare has been on the minds of all UFTers recently with changes coming to working members and with the recent victories of retirees to hold onto their traditional medicare along with the DOE...
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Amy-Gate - Mejia Speech, Winners (Ibeth Mejia) and Losers (Mulgrew and Unity...
We must stick to the union principles of solidarity, honesty, open democratic discussion, and service to the students of this city. Let our union lead in embracing differences of opinion and mending...
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Elephants and All That -The Secret World of Elephants Opens at the Museum of...
AMNH - has alway been my favorite museum since I was a kid and extending to my time as a teacher. I took my classes there 3 or 4 times a year, with a different focus on each trip. So being back there...
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Are there emerging rifts in the UFT/Unity Caucus leadership that threaten its...
I helped edit the piece below. Through miscommunication, it appeared briefly on the ICE-blog today but was taken down pending ICE having a meeting to discuss the future of the blog which has been...
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UFT Tier 6 DISASTER - It's worse than you thought - New Action
I will be at the DA today handing out this leaflet before the meeting. There is a demo also re the cease fire at some point. I will take a few photos. I haven't been following the exact issues but...
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Now Is The Time To Fight Back, Not Give In To UFT Leadership - Part 2 by...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 - Happy ThanksgivingICE being in a state of flux since the illness of James Eterno, zoom-met on Sunday night and will be meeting in person during the Xmas vacation in...
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The Worst Deal in NYC Labor History: 2014 + 2018 : MLC Minutes Reveal...
An amazing expose by Arthur Goldstein and Daniel Alicea who got a hold of MLC minutes that prove Mulgrew has been a liar, aided and abetted by his fellow liars, or dupes, in Unity Caucus. Even...
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Rambling on - A Packed 24 hours + - Here's the first 4 hours - UFT Retiree...
To Ramble - talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.Confused and Inconsequential? – a good way to define blogging and my current life. Trying to write this blog in an organized...
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Rambling on 2 - the 24 hour saga continued - RTC Meeting ends, Hitting the...
I began my report on an interesting 24 hour period with the Retired Teacher Chapter meeting on Tuesday which ended at 5:20.Rambling on - A Packed 24 hours + - Here's the first 4 hours - UFT Retiree...
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Ugly Democracy and Ugly Sweater Day for Unity Caucus - and Ugly Truths too -...
A certain former congressman has been voted out. DC can’t get anything done... Michael Mulgrew, Dec DAMonday, December 18, 2023Finally, some truth from Mulgrew. How dare people say he lies and lies...
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Being surreal at December UFT Retiree meeting - the Morning Joe Edition
I'm still reeling from Tuesday's retiree chapter meeting and then I get deja vu all over again while watching Morning Joe, with former Dem Senator Claire Caskill bragging about the record amounts of...
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