tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post7400158145214526050..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Another Chapter Leader Under Assault at a 3020a Hearinged notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-62447556513226910292015-06-09T17:50:42.885-04:002015-06-09T17:50:42.885-04:00How are you not aware of the 13% rule? It states ...How are you not aware of the 13% rule? It states that inky 13% of grievances will be pursued by the UFT. It is in our new contract. Mulgrew, himself, publicized it on the Brian Lehrer show as if it were a good thing. A teacher called in a called him out on it. It is a "thing," it is a clause that was inserted into our last contract, and it is damaging our working conditions. It also undermines the democracy of our union. Stop apologizing for bad policy and start working to improve out contract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-3323188699823316252015-06-07T09:03:18.996-04:002015-06-07T09:03:18.996-04:00Why assume that chapter leaders under attack are n...Why assume that chapter leaders under attack are not being protected if their names are not splashed across public media? It has always been a tactic of unscrupulous administrators to go after chapter leaders, especially activist ones. I have been a chapter leader for 9 years and I am not aware of the 13% rule. I do know that chapter leaders are the backbone of our union and are defended vigorously by our arbitration advocates and lawyers. Not to do so would be to dismantle our union. This does not make sense. <br /><br />These issues are discussed in the Delegate Assembly and in the meetings chapter leaders attend. Actual cases are necessarily confidential. To put too much in a public forum does not help us but does give comfort to our enemies. Let's refrain from calling our union brothers and sisters names. It weakens the union from within. There are enough folks on the outside who would love to see the largest local of the last strong public employee union in the country dismantled.Docwashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925857414402582836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-81863023983159884382015-06-06T19:05:45.648-04:002015-06-06T19:05:45.648-04:00As a former chapter Leader, if you do not attack y...As a former chapter Leader, if you do not attack your principal in three ways, you lose. You must find out about contract violations, you must find out about arbitrary and capricious findings, and you must find out about other devious actions. That said, you need something on your Principal, so that you have was is known as leverage. Thank you, Dr. John Marvul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-29327214455665701712015-06-06T14:44:45.539-04:002015-06-06T14:44:45.539-04:00Anon: 13% to protect "our" CLs? Wow, th...Anon: 13% to protect "our" CLs? Wow, that was blatant. By "our" you only mean those CLs who are in unity caucus. So. . . really, your, not ours. You obviously inserted the 13% clause to solidify your base. Disgusting. Because, previously, all grievances were heard on their own merit. Now, only the ones of *your* choosing; e.g. nly those effecting members if your caucus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-63088386971359172362015-06-06T08:37:38.958-04:002015-06-06T08:37:38.958-04:00There is the 13% provision that serves to protect ...There is the 13% provision that serves to protect our chapter leaders. There is no doubt that the Bloomberg years encouraged this kind of intimidation and that some chapter leaders have retained their licenses but not their schools. This was a major issue in our last recommendations for contract negotiations. Is it enough? No, but it is a start. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com