tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post1636044447251436137..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: #MORE2016 - UFT Elections - Some thoughtsed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-44769565571646811892016-05-29T07:09:02.988-04:002016-05-29T07:09:02.988-04:00I just thought I'd mention I did not receive a...I just thought I'd mention I did not receive a ballot. I called the UFT, then the AAA, then the UFT again, as per all of their instructions. My address was confirmed, which they had right all along. There was some interoffice communication between and I was told by the third person that "it was already taken care of." Since I am still waiting for the replacement ballot, I can only assume they "took care of it" ina different way than I had expected....<br />UAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260404972111353175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-42879164677592195442016-05-29T06:35:55.116-04:002016-05-29T06:35:55.116-04:00Social justice is not crap. Teacher issues are not...Social justice is not crap. Teacher issues are not crap. Actually they overlap, and intersect, you know, are connected. It would be nice if all non unity caucuses dedicated efforts to address common issues and build name recognition and real victories. How about ADA accessibility for parents and students and teachers. Join with civil orgs to check crosswalks for proper curb cuts,drainage, for ramps, for deploying school safety to entrances that are ADA compliant and accessible. Training and outreach to CLs, recruitment of retirees to update retirees on what is happening. Addressing slow unjust response to reassignment and discontinuance. Addressing abusive principals. How about addressing the calendar of DA meetings and PEP meetings happening on the same day across the city from each other. How about addressing school closure as a mechanism for ageism. How about massive waste and fraud in the school renewal initiative, and implementation of engageNY. How about unsafe working conditions ducttaped walls, labs without safety equipment, ceiling panels that are falling, leaks from pipes. How about engaging with gentrification activists to force tighter work between community boards handling zoning and local CECs to bring the truth out about land use and building new schools. How about addressing the issue of a lack of transparency in mayoral control and the disenfranchisement of nyc citizens. Lets see the intersectionality of the issues and work toward documenting and addressing them with our local elected officials. Lets unleash the power of our networks and social media.Aixanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-76521746289126387932016-05-28T20:09:21.512-04:002016-05-28T20:09:21.512-04:00It nay not always look the way you want it to but ...It nay not always look the way you want it to but no one is disappearing. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-66788135289045540422016-05-28T20:08:13.311-04:002016-05-28T20:08:13.311-04:00Chaz
I think you need to be clear. If more elimina...Chaz<br />I think you need to be clear. If more eliminates social justice I and most other will be out. You don't seem to get that Ice was social justice and most of us are left. You will never find more as a pure caucus you want. Best you look elsewhere. What does it say that almost 11000 people voted for a group that advocates social justice crap alongside teacher justice crap. Focusing on just one or the other leads to a dead end. You are doomed to endless frustration because more is not going anywhere ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-53682601468384079452016-05-28T17:45:22.639-04:002016-05-28T17:45:22.639-04:00Agreed!!! Let's find a common ground in the ne...Agreed!!! Let's find a common ground in the next 4 years! Dani's Rants and raveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735342177731472151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-65202298178970535232016-05-28T16:28:44.346-04:002016-05-28T16:28:44.346-04:00So much gets lost in text via comments, posts, ema...So much gets lost in text via comments, posts, emails etc. Besides feeling like I was back in the rubber room, sitting and waiting those two days, it was nice to have our cordial conversations and catch up. More people than not want us all to work together, but it's those who don't who will work hard to keep a wedge for the next three years. I'm sure with a long series of real talks, common ground could be found. Not for us, but the membership as a whole.<br /><br />Congratulations on exec bd seats. Please promise that when Leroy Barr gets up to table your resolutions, you make sure to fight to bring them back and not disappear.Francesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-76843493536382148142016-05-28T16:13:55.621-04:002016-05-28T16:13:55.621-04:00Norm:
Maybe MORE will now move away from that &qu...Norm:<br /><br />Maybe MORE will now move away from that "social justice" crap and concentrate on "teacher justice" as James Eterno and Co advocate. <br /><br />When MORE eliminates the "social justice" plank, then I and others may become more involved,Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-88830389869445504362016-05-28T14:18:35.007-04:002016-05-28T14:18:35.007-04:00Thank you for all you do to keep us informed- here...Thank you for all you do to keep us informed- here is to having MORE Somidarity in 2019-then we would really have a fighting chance to topple UNITY!MaestroLeopoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02708837314224040695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-20456919754350152752016-05-28T14:02:32.326-04:002016-05-28T14:02:32.326-04:00Congratulations on winning the high schools. Than...Congratulations on winning the high schools. Thank you, Norm and all of the other MORE ground troops who work to make things better for all of us. Roseanne McCoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com