tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post5431494495857400180..comments2024-03-29T09:58:35.640-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: De Blasio Says UFT Contract Agreement Sets Pattern For Rest Of Unions, NYC Budgetreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-83947063673227970412014-05-10T19:05:53.170-04:002014-05-10T19:05:53.170-04:00My district has the the same Union District Rep fo...My district has the the same Union District Rep for the last 25+ years. Why isn't there a way to vote them out?? I believe that it is time for a change. FidgetyTeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13062058958826674862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-11549468957594264672014-05-09T18:25:50.608-04:002014-05-09T18:25:50.608-04:00I think it can be likely that this contract was vo...I think it can be likely that this contract was voted down. Back in 2011, NO ONE thought that the state workers would vote down the contract that the PEF and Cuomo negotiated, even with Cuomo thrreatening 3500 pink slips lay offs. But they did and Cuomo gave out pink slips. <br /><br />When working conditions and workers rights are that oppressed and to top it off in a dismal working atmosphere, anything is possible at this point. <br /><br />Also, if the contract would be voted down, I do not see how a new contract can be worse. It can only be a bit better. Mayor De Blasio is using this teacher contract as his legacy to be union friendly as well as friendly to the teachers. If the contract gets voted down, I think he will try harder to find something that could work. <br /><br />Tamar Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683177467965125518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-29295694759578927122014-05-09T07:29:58.643-04:002014-05-09T07:29:58.643-04:00Hey hey now, you sound very angry. Just because yo...Hey hey now, you sound very angry. Just because your morale is low and you probably will be an ATR in September (since you couldn't figure out that your school was actually closing for the past 4 years), doesn't mean you should get all crazy. Take the buyout and find a better way to spend your weekdays. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-55177148703787310332014-05-09T06:26:29.889-04:002014-05-09T06:26:29.889-04:00If that is the case then teachers need to hear fro...If that is the case then teachers need to hear from workers from those other unions. They will offer opinions about this mess of a contract proposal.<br /><br />And, what do you think they will say about it?Poguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-44302575825579143312014-05-08T22:51:10.317-04:002014-05-08T22:51:10.317-04:00Anon 10:03 that's very thoughtless of you to s...Anon 10:03 that's very thoughtless of you to say that. You give hard-working true union, professional people a bad name. You are a selfish, self-centered, a$$hole. I truly hope that you end up a situation where you lose your chances of getting a pension!I noticed that...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-52923536982070190852014-05-08T22:03:40.328-04:002014-05-08T22:03:40.328-04:0060% of 120K in 2021 when I retire. Is that 72K tax...60% of 120K in 2021 when I retire. Is that 72K tax free? BoooYawwww!!!!!! Good thing I'm in one if the smart academy boutique schools that screens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-62180802200019918762014-05-08T21:37:40.939-04:002014-05-08T21:37:40.939-04:00This is a terrible contract! When will Unity Caucu...This is a terrible contract! When will Unity Caucus be voted out of office. We need a new sincere group of union leaders. I hope that someone from MORE will become president of the union someday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-4769734830104080162014-05-08T21:31:12.419-04:002014-05-08T21:31:12.419-04:00What happens to the ATR administrators? What'...What happens to the ATR administrators? What's going to be their freakin deal? And why are so many administrators from the Dominican Republic who speak broken English, being hired?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-40207701850928210292014-05-08T20:51:22.321-04:002014-05-08T20:51:22.321-04:00The city has a 4 billion dollar surplus that they...The city has a 4 billion dollar surplus that they admit to right now. They have a hidden "contigency plan/ rainy day surplus" which they hide from unions. The total visible and hidden surplus is more than $10 billion. NY city has the ability to pay us with interest our back pay right now. NY city has the ability to settle all of the contracts right now. They are lying about the financial accounting entirely because of political reasons, not intrinsic economic reasons. If our union did not do its due diligence on examining NY cities financial accounting with an independent and critical eye, then our union is negligent and incompetent. I hold this truth to be self evident, that the UFT leadership is negligent and incompetent, and that it continje be negligent and incompetent as long as Mulgrew and the Unity caucus are in bed together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-442579981962724572014-05-08T20:42:37.695-04:002014-05-08T20:42:37.695-04:00"But the men who had gone up with him said, &... "But the men who had gone up with him said, 'We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there were of great size. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.'"<br /><br /> — Numbers, 13:31-33<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com