tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post4696467250642048146..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Video: MORE UFT History Event Attracts SRO Crowded notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-82954563893990860802012-07-13T21:08:35.463-04:002012-07-13T21:08:35.463-04:00It was a good event. I was happy to participate. T...It was a good event. I was happy to participate. The teachers (on the couch) were very good! Perhaps we need to meet in a quieter space - a park? - so we can hear each other better, although the atmosphere of Lolita's is quite nice. <br /><br />We need more people to embrace collective action. That is what a union is - strength in numbers. We need a union because we are not Bloomberg (we are actually nice to teachers!) who has a lot of power because he has a lot of money and a lofty position. <br /><br />People in our position need to get that collective numbers thing first. It's fundamental. Too many people are too distanced, rarely even showing up to monthly meetings. What message does that send to Unity? Do as you wish, we are not involved. We are losing what it means to be a union by being so fractionalized and distanced from each other. And our protections and input are vanishing in kind.<br /><br />We dont like what the UFT is doing, but we are IT, so we especially need to make our voice and presence felt when things are done that are disagreeable to us. And we need to help other people tie their job dissatisfaction to getting connected with others, as the first step to making changes become policy. As it is now, policy is just something that is done to us, and what is being done is getting worse all the time. As more new teachers come on board, this is what they are seeing and coming to accept as a "union." Mother Jones, roll over!<br /><br />So come one, come all! Think and be merry!I wuz there!noreply@blogger.com