tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post4779423925289847143..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: 64 Teachers at PS8X Sign Open Letter to Mulgrew Protesting Attacks on Opposing Views in Unity Fliered notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-71174816446535178552015-06-24T17:27:22.389-04:002015-06-24T17:27:22.389-04:00Although I appreciate Norm’s kind words, I've ...Although I appreciate Norm’s kind words, I've said it before----PS 8 is comprised of INDIVIDUALS who think for themselves. I didn't convince anyone Mulgrew et al is doing a poor job....Mulgrew and Unity's contract betrayal created the outrage and their silence on test scores tied to evals solidified the outrage. All I did was harness some of the outrage and explain how Unity controls the 3 unions we are affiliated with, and if members want change they need to change that fact. We are far from a school of militants----but we are a staff that is absolutely disgusted with our union. As far as fear and anonymity goes----fear what, exactly? Fear that the UFT won’t support us when we need it? They don’t anyway. Fear of Punchy Mike knocking us in the dirt? To those who feel fear, I’d like to remind them that courage is the thing you gain when you do the things you are afraid to do. Unity can be beat. It may not happen right away but it CAN happen. It will happen when the majority of teachers realize they don’t have to settle for poor leadership and they organize, support MORE and get out the vote. Unity is a privileged, arrogant Beast too far removed from what plagues the average working teacher to effect the change we need. Roseanne McCosh PS 8xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-66815117143373136852015-06-24T16:12:09.743-04:002015-06-24T16:12:09.743-04:00I am sending my kudos to all the brave uft members...I am sending my kudos to all the brave uft members at PS 8. They are showing the rank-and-file that it is time to stand up to the leadership that are not fighting for the members but desperately holding on to their union position of double-pension. So it's time to have a union that is truly a union for the members, for the rank-and-file, for fighting for our profession. I stand and applaud all those members at PS 8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com