tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post2867926306144214981..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: A Parent "Gets" the UFT But Doesn't "Get" the Membershiped notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-77821231200437870072012-02-25T11:53:33.042-05:002012-02-25T11:53:33.042-05:00The Unity Caucus gang has taken away the right of ...The Unity Caucus gang has taken away the right of the membership to vote on anything even contract changes though manipulation and distortion. But complaining us useless until there is a strong counter force to battle the propaganda machine in every single school. The State of the Union Part 2 is coming March 10.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-7981679161052089632012-02-25T11:22:32.447-05:002012-02-25T11:22:32.447-05:00Mike Mulgrew is the bargaining agent for UFT membe...Mike Mulgrew is the bargaining agent for UFT members. This has to be changed, in order to prevent him from doing what happened here, a negotiated "settlement" on teacher data that allows necessary rights to be taken away from the rank and file members of the UFT to benefit the non-Union administration, not the members.Betsy Combierhttp://nycrubberroomreporter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-2382722739144184082012-02-25T09:15:12.787-05:002012-02-25T09:15:12.787-05:00Beautiful post. Some of us have made these same po...Beautiful post. Some of us have made these same points to Vichy Unity/UFT. Nothing. The UFT does not want the rank and file nor parents to become authentically engaged in a struggle because they recognize the potential liberating awareness that comes with struggle. Put simply, they'd rather trot out Leo Casey on a blog most UFTers do no even visit in order to explain their actions than to actively engage ideas and questions in various public forums. Moreover, in order for Vichy/Unity/UFT to educate, mobilize and establish a genuine struggle, it would mean having to adopt a platform of some sort related to public education and vision. VUU has no vision. Without a vision of K-12 education how can they do anything relevant except play the compromising collaborator status they currently enjoy? They will not touch all of the subtleties of education in the US, including the system that creates so many of the inequalities that compromise teaching and learning in our country.<br /><br />But all of this will pass. VUU will brought to it's knees for crimes against their members and the children and parents of NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com