Dear UFT Members,
Again, thanks so much for taking the time to fill out the Member Survey, and thank you for spreading the word to UFT colleagues and friends. Our emerging group of active and retired educators has been talking about how to best get our grassroots movement started, and we’re ready to get things going!
Here are some next steps for October:
Attend our first UFT Members Assembly on Tuesday, October 29, at 7PM.
It’s time for rank-and-file voices like yours to be heard. What issues do you want UFT leadership to advocate for? What changes do you want to make happen in our UFT? How can we make these changes a reality?
We will hold a virtual Member Assembly every month, leading up to the UFT Citywide Election in May 2025.
Your voice matters, and together we will build a better, stronger UFT.
We also encourage you to invite your UFT friends, colleagues and family to this ongoing conversation. You can do so by forwarding them this email or download and print this flyer.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR THE OCTOBER MEMBER ASSEMBLY
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Download Flyer for Member Assembly
Sign-up for one or more (or all!) of our Campaign Action Committees.
We said from the beginning that we will do this work together, and we mean it! We’re going to start with the following 7 committees to build out our UFT Election campaign:
1. Get Out the Vote
2. Member Organizing/Mobilization
3. Media
4. Divisional (Elem, MS, HS)
5. District 75
6. Paraprofessionals
7. Retirees
Please
fill out the survey linked below to indicate what committee(s) you’re
interested in joining. It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work!
We will connect with you to find where you best fit.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR CAMPAIGN ACTION COMMITTEES
Thanks for reading. We’re looking forward to meeting with you this month.
In solidarity,
Your fellow UFT members
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I, and the other teachers at my school are confused about this. Are these meetings going to be used to organize a group of people to run in the upcoming election against Unity? "Making our voices heard" is nice and all, but is completely meaningless unless there is an organized group to run in the election. If Unity runs unopposed, they won't give a rats a** about a bunch of folks making demands.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the caucuses? This seems ok but it's kind of worrying that none of the groups that I expect to see are represented here... is this group trying to be a spoiler ?are they all gonna work together ?what's going on???
ReplyDeleteCaucuses have been involved in some way - they seem to have a process for. making decisions - this group includes people from the caucuses but are a bit more impatient to get moving and also want to be more open to new voices and not only rely on the usual suspects. This is not a spoiler group. It only makes sense to run one slate against Unity or not run at all. What if there is no juice out there? Comments on blogs won't do. Needed are real bodies in the schools.
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