tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post203509526062952896..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Sat on Mulgrew Story for Yearsed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-54358908478249592702012-05-21T00:01:54.012-04:002012-05-21T00:01:54.012-04:00The UFT leadership separated from the membership a...The UFT leadership separated from the membership a long time ago. No heavy lifting for the Post. And to others who say it's trash and not true, what if it is? Is an affair or whatever our business? Would you think less of Mulgrew if it is true? In fact the only thing we should care about is the misuse of dues money to hire the woman. But then again that has been going on in the UFT --- political hires for loyalty for 50 years. So what really changes? The blackmail stories are rubbish. The UFT didn't need to be blackmailed to say "I surrender".ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-6640859143325846482012-05-20T23:07:10.439-04:002012-05-20T23:07:10.439-04:00To be expected by the NY Post...they try to divide...To be expected by the NY Post...they try to divide the union by attempting to separate the membership from its leadership. Why doesn't the Times publish this nonsense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-2956864491623183112012-05-20T22:43:06.102-04:002012-05-20T22:43:06.102-04:00all a bunch of unconfirmed trash, this will go now...all a bunch of unconfirmed trash, this will go nowhereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-64779803135577088282012-05-20T19:39:47.296-04:002012-05-20T19:39:47.296-04:00The Mulgrew story in the Post today typifies how d...The Mulgrew story in the Post today typifies how degraded this city has become under the aegis of the Bloomberg/Klein/Murdoch cartel that seeks to control every aspect of city life. <br /><br />The strength of this union and its successes in combating the deconstruction and destruction of the school system by the Bloomberg/Klein/Murdoch cartel, comes chiefly from the solid support that Michael Mulgrew and his predecessor, Randi Weingarten, enjoy from the UFT’s members. <br /><br />Bereft of any other viable means to undermine that leadership support, the N Y Post, <br />• owned by Murdoch (of notorious fame for the British hacking scandal), <br />• who hired Joel Klein to help the N Y Post sell educational systems to the NYC schools, <br />• the majority of which Bloomberg and Klein claim to have improved in spite of public repudiation, <br />resorts to the most despicable form of yellow journalism to accomplish its goal.<br /><br />This is one retired member of the UFT whose support for my union’s leadership is not and will never be undermined by the lowest forms of innuendo and gossip that the N Y Post claims as journalism.retirednycteachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-76505024367311612722012-05-20T16:44:14.396-04:002012-05-20T16:44:14.396-04:00Shame on everybody. We all know people can say th...Shame on everybody. We all know people can say things without proof. Our system no longer finds a person innocent until proven guilty but finds individuals guilty until proven innocent. How far back do people dig in order to expose GOSSUP that has no truthful backup. Are UFT members now falling to DOE tactics? We know that the Post is guilty of that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-61098298242494092142012-05-20T15:10:34.078-04:002012-05-20T15:10:34.078-04:00It appears that the billionaire boys club is at it...It appears that the billionaire boys club is at it again. They admit in the story that there is no proof to any of numererous allegations yet it is newsworthy enough to be a front page headline. Yellow journalism at its best. Their objective is to undermine the union movement and weaken the voice of the membership, plain and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-76157260442174330132012-05-20T13:59:19.002-04:002012-05-20T13:59:19.002-04:00My initial comment neglected to mention how the ti...My initial comment neglected to mention how the timeline of this story undermines the Eye's political inferences and speculations.<br /><br />This alleged episode occurred before it became obvious that Michael Mulgrew was the heir apparent to Weingarten; people should recall that he seemed to come out of nowhere before receiving his anointment. If it happened, then it stands to reason that the DOE made Randi aware of it: after all, in order for the "blackmail" to work, she'd have to be informed, no? If that was the case, then why would she openly groom somebody whom she knew to be compromised and open to exposure?<br /><br />Hmm, unless Weingarten herself wanted this to remain hidden and held in reserve, in case Mulgrew turned out to be unreliable and threatened to undermine her collaboration with the deformers. After all, isn't that what allows her to ride in Bloomberg's private jet and receive compliments from Steve Brill? But that's really a stretch, and undermines the Eye's argument (more of a reach, really) that the catastrophic 2005 contract was the product of blackmail.<br /><br />In a way, the Eye's suppositions let Weingarten off the hook for the 2005 contract, making it seem that she was forced into a corner and made to accept things she otherwise wouldn't have. I don't see her career that way; I think she is an active enabler/participant in the neoliberal project in the schools, and either personally accepts most of the premises and assumptions of it, or is resigned to their inevitability.<br /><br />The Post's anti-unionism, viciousness and prurience is encoded in its DNA, and they don't require seamy stories like this to go after the UFT. Perhaps they just didn't have any cell phones of murdered children to hack into this weekend. <br /><br />Or perhaps Michael Mulgrew isn't as reliable as they would like, and needs to be publicly humiliated and disciplined. You never know; after all, the ed deform project requires total compliance from everyone. We all have to give 110%.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.com