UFT Contract - Dissecting MORE Contract Discussion Happy Hours: Should Unity be Worried?

I spoke and asked if there were any next steps since after Tuesday, when the contract will most likely pass, it will all be over. She turne...Read more »

MORE Weekly Update: 3 Happy Hours Today, Info on Observing Contract Vote Count

The busy bees at MORE - important info on observing the contract vote count on Monday and Tuesday -- Ellen Fox and I will be there both days...Read more »

UFT Contract: Discrimination Against Women on Child Care Leave

Woman (and some men) on maternity leave -  unfairness and bias against mothers taking care of their children in this contract. No "si...Read more »

UFT Contract Exit Polls Contradict NY Times Article on Contract

At my school, the xxxxxx, the chapter elected to conduct an "exit poll" to assess how we as a chapter voted on the contract prop...Read more »

UFT Contract: Roseanne McCosh Responds to Unity Caucus Criticism

I am not going away and I am most certainly not alone in the fight.... So what do you call a union leadership that uses scare tactics, mi...Read more »

MORE UPdate - VOTE NO Then Attend a MORE Happy Hour Today

I'll be at Freddy's in Park Slope for the happy hour from 4-6 - just one of the many MORE happy hours around the city today -- see b...Read more »

UFT Contract: Roseanne McCosh, PS 8X, Urges Colleagues to Vote NO

Former Unity Caucus member slams UFT leadership and Unity. Norm--- I wrote the below and it will go into teacher mailboxes. The majority in...Read more »

UFT Contract: The "VOTE NO" Caucus Says .......

They're flying in from all over the place. I'm assuming you're reading the great stuff over at the MORE blog. We are better off ...Read more »

UFT Contract: Comments on Contract/SBO's - Is There a UFT/DOE Conspiracy?

Many teachers are concerned that SBO's are not being approved for anything that does not keep teachers at school until 3:45 on Monday a...Read more »

UFT Contract - What's Missing - How About Discipline?

The amount of short-sighted "trust" the UFT/Unity crowd is giving this administration is astounding. We have learned from almost ...Read more »

UFT Contract: Firemen/Sanitation/Cops Trash UFT - "We want UFT off MLC"

We'll never take the deal the teachers got. They got less pension then us, look we didn't take that. We'll go to PERB before we ...Read more »

UFT Contract: An Attack on Women

The contract proposal is an attack on feminism. 75% of UFT members are woman. The leadership expects the contract to pass because they ant...Read more »

UFT Contract: A Play in One Act

Special Rep: I should probably schedule some time to come to your school and talk to your members CL: na, that's alright Special Rep: we...Read more »

UFT Contract: Harsh Greetings at Some Schools for UFT/Unity Crew Selling Contract

Hey Norm - check out how desperate UFT leaders getting telling CL's to send out to staff.....an ed notes contact -- see Unity spin below...Read more »

MORE In the Media: Lupkin, Wainer and Cavanagh in The Chief

“While there were clear efforts made in this contract about improving communication and collaboration, too much has been left on the table...Read more »