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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Can Unity Be Beaten in 2025 UFT Election? What was right and wrong with the UFC Coalition

Can Humpty Dumpty be put back together again? I say NO and let's start all over. We can't be hamstrung by having to wait for every ...

Monday, June 24, 2024

Mulgrew Offers Tepid "I Give" on Medicare Advantage, Bennett, Marianne and Arthur response

I disagree with President Mulgrew's analysis. UFT retirees are neither fearful nor anxious. We are clear-eyed and steadfast in our opp...

Sunday, June 23, 2024

The Final Unity RTC Meeting: Kumbaya, Deconstructing Randi

We heard you. Michael and I heard you.... Randi Weingarten ...as my friend Norm Scott likes to say, “Watch what they do, not what they ...

Friday, June 21, 2024

Massive Fix Para Slate Victory - Is the Unity Machine Crumbling?

Paraprofessionals are stuck with a chapter leader against whom they voted overwhelmingly. In Unity world, that means little. As long as the ...

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Some Press Reports on RTC Win Plus Photos and video montage

Video highlight of RTC meeting as power is transferred. https://youtu.be/SgoftvNKws8?si=XH_O25L70xzcxOk8 50 turned out to the after meet...

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

TODAY - Final RTC Meeting under Unity control, Randi is guest, RA Press Release, NY Post article

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 It's been an absolute pleasure working with decades old Retiree Advocate/UFT group since I joined them around 201...

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Earthquake in the UFT/Unity Machine as regular Unity voters desert the mother ship for RA in 30 point vote swing

There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Unity has struck out. Unofficial totals rough numbers: RA 17,000+, Unity 10,000+ What exactly did RA wi...

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Powerful endorsement for Jamaal Bowman from Naomi Klein in Daily News Op Ed

I just contributed another $100 to Bowman as a way to ward off the millions Aipac is tossing into this campaign. AIPAC money is openly racis...

Friday, June 14, 2024

UFT Retiree Chapter Election Vote Count 11 AM Update - Over 28k ballot returns, Count Won't actually start until 1 PM - Why I left

12 PM Sampling UPDATE: It's going to be close. Looks like they started counting already so discount my complaints below. Counting ballot...

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Norm Handicaps the 2024 Retiree Chapter Election - 35% is bad, 45% and above is a winning formula going forward

Unity Caucus - The Real Enemy Within I went to the DA Wednesday with a leaflet I wrote under the Ed Notes banner with the headline above wh...

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Press Release: ICE-UFT Demands Transparent and Efficient Ballot Count and Reporting Results by the American Arbitration Association (AAA)

Reprint from the ICE blog Press Release: ICE-UFT Demands Transparent and Efficient Ballot Count and Reporting Results by the American Ar...

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Norm Gets Interviewed by Daniel Alicea on Talk Out of School - Part 1 and The Skinny Awards - Contribute to Leonie

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 I was a guest for a two hour interview about my teaching and activist career in the NYC public schools as a student...

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Can AAA Competence, Management and Reporting Process be Trusted in UFT Elections?

How competent is the AAA to conduct UFT elections with massive numbers of voters? Is there somewhat of an illicit relationship between UFT...

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