Mulgrew planned it so well and played it like a fiddle.
He knew that having this APPR negotiation before the union election would have cost him his election.
It is so obvious the Kabuki dance of not meeting the deadline of January, of giving this so called two-year sunset that Bloomberg would reject, and dragging this APPR negotiation with King until after the election.
Mulgrew has won the election for another 3 years. He has let down the members. He has followed in Randi's footstep. Shame on him. He should have never signed up for the Race to End a Teacher's Career.
Indeed, it's not an accident that all of this comes after the UFT election.
Dunno exactly how it was engineered, but it was engineered.
The powers that be want Mulgrew and the Unity/New Action sell-outs in power.
They do not want to deal with an insurgent leadership.
This was a set-up all along. The UFT's been pushing Danielson at Chapter traings since the beginning of the school year. Decisions were put off until the the least harm could be done to Mulgrew.
ReplyDeleteHe reminds me of Obama, does he cave because he's such a poor negotiator or is it because he's on the self-profitable side of the reformers making him and his leadership "in" on the backroom decisions?
We get four years while all others across get two? No training? Tests account for 100%? Kids get to rate us?
I certainly hope this all happened because he's stupid! Anything else would be criminal.
I vote "criminal/Vichy."
DeleteDon't ever make the mistake of thinking MulGarten are stupid. They do not function in our interests but as mediators between the powers that be and the rank and file. What to they get? Lots of life/prof perks and power. They really have no other choice. In order to fight them they would need to educate, organize and mobilize the members which would require a democratically run union -- see Karen Lewis in Chicago where they can get the same amount of support without buying off the opposition/New Action. In NYC democracy is a threat to the leadership so the only way they can function is in a partnership with the rulers, hoping for crumbs which they will get at times them to help keep the rank and file under control. Neither Unity nor Bloomberg want another Chicago here and will do what it takes to keep Unity in power. That was why the bigger the opposition grows the more the rulers will give to quiet it down. I believe if MORE had gotten say 40% of the vote we would have a much better chance to have a contract.
"trainings", sorry
ReplyDeleteMulgrew threw 75,000 teachers under the bus. Increased work load, increased number of observations, gotcha 15 minute observation recorded by a wolf pack of administrators on their IPADs, increased risk of wrongful termination, increased legal expenses to be paid to legal, increased tension and stress at work, and no contract for 5 years. If you we're too lazy and apathetic to vote, then perhaps you are dumb enough to believe Mulgrew,'s spin. Who said that teachers are intelligent and aware?
ReplyDeleteAm I crazy to actually WANT to be an ATR when this hits the fan?
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