Our union leaders now appear unhinged. Shamefully bullying and attacking members who are forced to work to 2 jobs, while they won't fight for a living wage & cuts to our healthcare & pensions... The Wire
Just when you think Unity, Barr, and Mulgrew couldn't get any lower they hit a new low! This was posted today and I'm sure the sheep (District Reps, and other unity Members) will post it and repost it....
Oh, and tag a bunch of people in their post.
They have a habit of trying to rewrite history. They have to tell a fable to convince you of their lies. To make everyone who doesn't agree with them out to be, let's see... SHARON ANDERSON (their WHERE'S MIGDA? current chapter Secretary) called me “grimy” for running last year. They want to make us out to be less than them.
Let's tell the real story, not their revisionist history. I decided to run for 2nd vice chair because I didn't like the direction they chose to take the chapter. I won! I beat them because other paras felt the same.
Then what happened? Well, when Freeman won 1st vice chair, they gave her a full-time union position. When I won they did not. Even though all the past 2nd vice chairs had union positions. Hector Ruiz and Doreen Raftery were both 2nd vice chairs, both who had union positions.
Like most paras, I need my after-school job. I need a secondary source of income.
So they chose not to give me, the elected 2nd vice chair, any time needed to represent the chapter.
I chose putting food on my table rather than going to a meeting where as you can see by their post above, they never respected me.
So now paras can see their behavior. They are not hiding it. They mock us, they taunt us, they disrespect us.
Proud, dues-paying, active members made fun of because we run in 'democratic union elections'. Well, that's what they are supposed to be. Not here.
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU, that participate in this disgusting behavior.
Paras, you have a real choice here. Vote this immature, disrespectful leadership out.
VOTE FIX PARA PAY. Let's see what they do to us when we win this time.
Paras, did you vote for the para chapter election? Did you receive your ballot?
Fix Para Pay is running several para candidates against the Unity slate and its current leadership that have failed to deliver a living wage and better conditions for New York City paraprofessionals.
Fix Para Pay is committed to fighting, alongside with you, for a living wage, a fair contract and respect. Enough is enough!
Please get the word out to all other UFT paras in our schools that change is here. And that change begins with voting for the Fix Para Pay slate.
Ballots were mailed on or around May 9-10. Look for the envelope from the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
It’s important to note that the ballot will be from the AAA, not the UFT.
If voting in the UFT para election, please check the Fix Para Pay slate box to vote for the entire Fix Para Pay slate. We need you to only mark this box only. Voting for other individual candidates will affect the entire slate.
Once you’ve checked the Fix Para Slate box, put the front page of the ballot into the secure, Secret Ballot envelope, and put that into the mailing envelope addressed to AAA.
Ballots for the chapter election must be received at the AAA no later than June 13th, so please vote and send your ballot back as soon as you receive it.
A ballot from AAA will be mailed to your address currently on file with the UFT. If you do not receive a ballot in the mail by May 20, or you misplaced it, please call the American Arbitration Association (AAA) at 800-529-5218 to request a duplicate ballot.
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