tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post1521951515199514857..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: DOE to Hire Former Principals to Do Hits on Tenured teachers - PEP Feb. 28 Voteed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-35280549103069310212017-02-22T10:20:13.830-05:002017-02-22T10:20:13.830-05:00Thanks for clarifying, Norm. Nothing like trying ...Thanks for clarifying, Norm. Nothing like trying to prepare for retirement with an axe hanging over my head while perched on an unstable cliff. TRS just recalculated the pension of a colleague that retired a year and a half ago. Those of us preparing to go in a couple of years have no idea what our FAS will be or how the 4% + 4% factors into FAS or the 10% rule. We can’t calculate the retro still owed to us (87.5 % of what amount ???)With the constitutional convention looming we don’t know if we’ll have the guaranteed 7% TDA rate. I think when I turn 55, I’ll just have to cross my fingers while I sign my retirement papers. I can’t imagine even considering postponing my retirement, it’s just too toxic in DOE world. I have a running joke with some of my colleagues that if I ever collapse, they better drag me outside and put me under a tree because I will never rest in peace if the last thing I see is the walls of my DOE prison. I’m good at my job and can take satisfaction in a job well done. I am not abused by my administrators and yet the DOE toxins both literal (lead in our school water, still not rectified/mold and old asbestos supposedly removed) and figurative are enough to negatively affect any decent human being working for the NYC DOE. I don’t how my younger colleagues are ever going to make it. RoseanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-18560601111384508132017-02-22T08:06:29.041-05:002017-02-22T08:06:29.041-05:00Roseanne. I mean by critics the people who vote ag...Roseanne. I mean by critics the people who vote against them. People not represented. Y them too. I imagine this would hurt the opposition that remains in the union and I think unity sees the silver lining as a way to tighten control. But they also lose pattronage to offer people so they get weaker on that end. Fact is in nys both parties need the uft to control the members and they will prop them up. Randi and mulgrew are Always ready to deal. I believe some people who say they will leave may get cold feet for fear the union Even if not being there for them is still an option. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-79417518902686281322017-02-22T06:02:40.957-05:002017-02-22T06:02:40.957-05:00Norm... do you mean critics within Unity? Not sure...Norm... do you mean critics within Unity? Not sure what critics you are referring to that would be affected by the union losing employees at 52 Bdwy or borough offices. Roseanne Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-53235992219321426552017-02-20T12:13:57.257-05:002017-02-20T12:13:57.257-05:00Roseanne. Unity does see this coming. The positive...Roseanne. Unity does see this coming. The positive for them is that they lose their severest critics. They know they can't stop friedrichs now and they don't have it in their DNA to operate any way other than they have been. Remember that their prime directive is to maintain themselves in power even at expense of a reduced union. If the alt was to democratize to keep more people in the union but risk losing control they opt for a one party system that at least keeps them in power with a smaller seat at the table. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-69635238360464705052017-02-20T11:32:02.002-05:002017-02-20T11:32:02.002-05:00Re Anon feb 15 8:55am: For the love of Vishnu or w...Re Anon feb 15 8:55am: For the love of Vishnu or whatever God you may believe in...if you want to encourage members to stay on board in the wake of friedrich II, you need to do more than tell people they will be worse off without the UFT. I read comments like these often and I implore you to think of something else if you truly want to keep members on board. I don't think words will matter at all if/when the time comes. If by the time of a Friedrich II loss the UFT has not demonstrated it has been fighting for the working teacher, the game is over. Members already feel abandoned by the UFT. Telling them they will be worse off falls on deaf ears. You must hear the anger out there as well as I do. Nothing short of direct action that is relatable to the working teacher on the part of the UFT from yesterday forward stands a chance quelling the anger....anger that will result in a severe drop in dues paying members if/when they are given the choice to pay up or not. It boggles my mind that Unity doesn't see this coming. Mulgrew and a few cronies may still wine and dine at the table long enough til they collect their double pensions but most of Unity will be thrown overboard. Do they think they'll find some magic pixie dust to convince members to stay so they can keep their union jobs? Seriously....wtf are they thinking? Roseanne McCoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-14913244651350707692017-02-15T12:37:36.039-05:002017-02-15T12:37:36.039-05:00Friedrich II will arrive shortly. I can't wait...Friedrich II will arrive shortly. I can't wait to see Mulgrew and Company lose their jobs. Can't happen soon enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-17746000565072965522017-02-15T11:29:41.111-05:002017-02-15T11:29:41.111-05:00I will take FULL pleasure in watching the destruct...I will take FULL pleasure in watching the destruction of the UFT <br />All those UFT employees at the UFT offices doing NOTHING - why do they think they deserve their jobs???<br />Do they think Mulgrew cares one bit about their jobs?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-85177611825254820072017-02-15T08:55:34.002-05:002017-02-15T08:55:34.002-05:00and so will your life and your family without any ...and so will your life and your family without any union protections which will develop if people like you abandon the shipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-10422662049317923012017-02-15T05:57:45.088-05:002017-02-15T05:57:45.088-05:00Michael Mulgrew, DOE double agent.
Randi and Unit...Michael Mulgrew, DOE double agent.<br /><br />Randi and Unity caucus would do well to get this clown out of there asap, because he will single-handedly cause a collapse in dues collection when Friedrich's II comes down.Michael Fiorillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120229151713643775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-78842140537616163332017-02-14T18:42:52.102-05:002017-02-14T18:42:52.102-05:00I WILL NOT PAY UFT DUES IF GIVEN THE CHOICE!I WILL NOT PAY UFT DUES IF GIVEN THE CHOICE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-52974740792588745852017-02-14T17:31:35.814-05:002017-02-14T17:31:35.814-05:00So the Mayor is openly hiring a pro hit squad to t...So the Mayor is openly hiring a pro hit squad to take out tenured teachers and the UFT is endorsing him for re-election? Hmmm, I wonder why so many teachers are planning on not paying UFT dues in the near future. The friend of your enemy is your enemy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com