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Thursday, May 29, 2014

UFT Contract: The Growing Divide - the Salary Gap Between UFT/Unity Caucus Leaders and Members Grows With New Contract

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A pamphlet called "Before You Vote" hit my school Friday and people went nuts. It lists the $32.5 million in salaries of 606 UFT employees starting from Mulgrew ($276K) on down- some of these people are making $100K and above and are trying to sell us a 1% contract--people are miffed.

My school has a Unity stooge for CL and he was desperate to collect all copies to destroy them!

I think this may be worth a story. I got curious and pulled the same data from 2012 with the US Department of Labor's Office of Labor Management Standards and it does NOT include pensions, payments or other compensation that these people are getting from the DOE or other sources!

The desperation we see from the Unity crowd to push this contract is intense. We know all the political reasons. How about the financial ones? They get the raise with none of the risks.

If MORE ever got close to chasing these guys out they would blow up the UFT before giving up their positions.

We received the above anonymously. This data is from 2012 so just add to the totals what the new contract gives them. Working for the UFT full time at the top levels is very lucrative. And you don't even have to teach. [I know, I know, you all make tremendous sacrifices for the rest of us.] A

I extracted the first roughly 100 names with 6 figure salaries. Note that your district rep and any other union officials who must teach a period a day are paid full salary by the DOE and then reimbursed the difference so all they show is additional compensation from the UFT for their work after school, weekends, etc. In the past the total reimbursement was over $4 million.

Oh, not in this chart is that little perk this July - the all expense trip to Los Angelos for at least 800 - and maybe a thousand Unity people - to the AFT convention. Figure about $2000 at least for each -- use the common core standards pushed by Randi to do the math.

Name	Title	Gross Salary	Other Compensation	Total
MICHAEL MULGREW	PRESIDENT	$250,400	$25,468	$275,868
DAVID HICKEY	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	$236,720	$6,215	$242,935
MICHAEL MENDEL	SPECIAL ASST.	$212,237	$14,696	$226,933
ELOISE ENGLER	SPECIAL REP.	$190,258	$35,331	$225,589
JOSE VARGAS	BORO REP.	$170,400	$29,065	$199,465
CAROL GERSTL	GENERAL COUNSEL	$183,750	$7,649	$191,399
LEROY BARR	SPECIAL REP.	$176,150	$14,506	$190,656
EVELYN DEJESUS	BORO REP.	$170,400	$15,183	$185,583
ADAM ROSS	GENERAL COUNSEL	$183,059	$2,080	$185,139
RICHARD RILEY	COMMUNICATIONS	$184,154	$830	$184,984
HOWARD SCHOOR	BORO REP.	$170,400	$14,580	$184,980
EMIL PIETROMONACO	BORO REP.	$170,400	$14,023	$184,423
RONA FREISER	BORO REP.	$170,400	$9,611	$180,011
CHARLES BAKER	CONTROLLER	$179,928	$0	$179,928
JACQUELINE GOTTLIEB	AD SALES REP	$178,275	$0	$178,275
CHRISTINE PROCTOR	INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST	$160,084	$14,313	$174,397
PAUL EGAN	SPECIAL REP.	$150,400	$21,638	$172,038
ROBERT ASTROWSKY	SPECIAL REP.	$170,000	$1,569	$171,569
LUCILLE SWAIM	SPECIAL ASST.	$169,996	$250	$170,246
RONNIE DAVIS	COMMUNICATIONS	$170,000	$0	$170,000
PIERROT RAYMOND	SPECIAL ASST.	$160,754	$8,318	$169,072
JEFFREY GOLDSTEIN	SPECIAL REP.	$168,527	$14	$168,541
KAREN ALFORD	SPECIAL REP.	$156,814	$7,658	$164,472
CARMEN ALVAREZ-SCAGLION	SPECIAL REP.	$162,534	$879	$163,431
MAUREEN SALTER	COMMUNICATIONS	$156,748	$3,731	$160,479
BRIAN GIBBONS	ASST. TO PRESIDENT	$152,250	$6,143	$158,393
MICHAEL KINK	SRASTPRES	$150,000	$6,011	$156,011
DAVID KAZANSKY	SPECIAL REP.	$142,867	$11,646	$154,513
ANTHONY HARMON	SPECIAL REP.	$142,400	$12,057	$154,457
ELLEN GALLIN PROCIDA	SPECIAL REP.	$142,867	$7,157	$150,024
CHRISTOPHER FLAHERTY	DIRECTOR-ADMIN.SVCS.	$149,581	$0	$149,581
MILES TRAGER	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$14,737	$147,604
DEIDRE MC FADYEN	EDITOR	$145,721	$1,356	$147,077
MARCIA TEXIDOR	DIRECTOR - PERSONNEL	$143,745	$0	$143,745
BARBARA SHILLER	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$10,748	$143,615
ANTHONY SCLAFANI	SPECIAL REP.	$137,047	$6,112	$143,159
WASHINGTON SANCHEZ	SPECIAL REP.	$137,047	$5,566	$142,613
FRANCINE STREICH	SPECIAL REP.	$139,090	$3,073	$142,163
ANNE GOLDMAN	SPECIAL REP.	$132,467	$9,558	$142,025
DERMOT SMYTH	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$9,066	$141,933
JACQUELINE BENNETT	SPECIAL REP.	$137,047	$4,869	$141,916
ZINA BURTON-MYRICK	SPECIAL REP.	$135,027	$6,299	$141,326
JOSEPH LOVERDE,JR	WRITER	$137,813	$3,460	$141,273
JOHN PAPAS	ASST.CONTROLLER	$140,569	$288	$140,857
SANDRA DUNN-YULES	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$7,657	$140,524
DEBRA POULOS	SPECIAL REP.	$137,799	$2,056	$139,855
JANELLA HINDS	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$6,596	$139,463
BRIGET ANNE REIN	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$6,558	$139,425
BRUCE ZIHAL	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$6,480	$139,347
MARGARET BORRELLI	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$6,253	$139,120
JOSEPH COLLETTI	SPECIAL REP.	$136,184	$2,874	$139,058
LILLIAN KOHLER	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$6,023	$138,890
MICHELLE DANIELS	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$5,462	$138,329
ALBANIA SEPULVEDA	SPECIAL REP.	$132,467	$5,800	$138,267
MARY ATKINSON	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$4,998	$137,865
JEFFREY POVALITIS	SPECIAL REP.	$132,467	$5,216	$137,683
JASON RABINOWITZ	DIRECTOR SPEC. PROJ.	$136,090	$894	$136,984
MARTHA LANE	SPECIAL REP.	$132,467	$4,280	$136,747
LAURA TAMBURO	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$3,587	$136,454
AMY ARUNDELL	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$3,544	$136,411
STEVEN CASTELLANO	BLDG. MANAGER	$136,329	$0	$136,329
ELIZABETH PEREZ	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$3,128	$135,995
CARL CAMBRIA	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$3,085	$135,952
THERESA SAMUELS	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$2,982	$135,849
WILMA VELAZQUEZ	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$2,966	$135,833
SHARON RIPLEY	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$2,835	$135,702
DIANE MAZZOLA	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$2,310	$135,177
MARK COLLINS	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$2,069	$134,936
JEFFREY HUART	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$1,517	$134,384
STEPHEN GAPPELBERG	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$1,431	$134,298
EUGENE RUBIN	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$1,253	$134,120
THOMAS BROWN	SPECIAL REP.	$132,867	$1,146	$134,013
DEBRA PENNY	SPECIAL REP.	$121,170	$8,031	$129,201
PATRICIA CRISPINO	SPECIAL REP.	$124,130	$4,257	$128,387
ANGELA KAHN	SPECIAL REP.	$116,323	$8,087	$124,410
PHILIPP KRAKER	MNGR.-ACCOUNTING	$123,000	$0	$123,000
CHRISTINE MATHEWS	COMMUNICATIONS	$110,474	$0	$110,474
FLLOYD BRYAN	ASST.MGR.-TELECOM.	$91,526	$18,638	$110,164
TAMMIE MILLER	COORDINATOR	$98,869	$11,262	$110,131
ALBERT FRAZIA	ASST.DIR.-SHIP	$107,553	$0	$107,553
JOYCE LEVENSON	SPECIAL REP.	$104,111	$3,192	$107,303
IRENE LOSPENUSO	DIRECTOR - SHIP	$107,040	$161	$107,201
ANN MARTIN	MNGR.-ACCOUNTING	$106,518	$0	$106,518
ILENE WEINERMAN	SPECIAL REP.	$103,130	$3,371	$106,501
JOHN TUOHY	MNGR.-ACCOUNTING	$105,680	$0	$105,680
CLAUDETTE EDWARDS	ADMIN.ASST.	$105,304	$0	$105,304
MICHAEL HIRSCH	WRITER	$105,028	$10	$105,038
ELINOR SPIELBERG	WRITER	$104,202	$27	$104,229
OSCAR RIVERA	MNGR. - PRINT/MAIL	$102,072	$194	$102,266
SHELVY YOUNG-ABRAMS	SPECIAL REP.	$99,522	$2,704	$102,226
MARY MCADOO	COMMUNICATIONS	$100,006	$1,250	$101,256
DEBORAH RUBIN	DIRECTOR - HCC	$100,998	$0	$100,998
MARSHA KELLY	PERSONNEL ADMIN.	$98,725	$0	$98,725
PETER KADUSHIN	COMMUNICATIONS	$96,911	$1,245	$98,156
JASON GOLDMAN	LEGISLATION	$76,005	$21,441	$97,446
AINSWORTH LINTON	COORDINATOR	$94,527	$284	$94,811
DANIEL ACOSTA	FIELD REP.	$93,859	$0	$93,859

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"A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford

What media call "philanthropy" for the public schools are actually seed monies to establish a private "market" in publicly-financed education - an enterprise worth trillions if successfully penetrated by corporate America. Cory Booker, one of the "New Black Leaders" financed by the filthy rich, is key to creating a "nationwide corporate-managed schools network paid for by public funds but run by private managers.

"Ed Reformers" want to cash in on public education and to control its content and outcome, not improve it. Provide great education? Baby boomers had as close as this country has ever gotten to it when we were growing up. The Ed Reform Movement has no interest in seeing such a well-educated, democratically astute population ever again.

http://blackagendareport.com/content/cory-booker-clear-and-present-threat-public-education

History of the UFT Pre-Weingarten Years

This award-winning series of articles by Jack Schierenbeck originally appeared in the New York Teacher in 1996 and 1997.

Naturally, from a certain point of view. But, despite certain biases, Schierenbeck, a great guy, was one of the best NY Teacher reporters so this is worth reading. Jack suffered a debilitating stroke many years ago (I used to get secret donations to ed notes from him through a 3rd source.)

This chapter looks interesting:

Class struggles: The UFT story, part 3

“The schism in the union over radical politics [is] a major reason for stalling the growth of a teacher union for decades.” Revolutionary politics and ideology take center stage, as the original Teachers Union becomes a battlefield, pitting leftist against leftist and splitting the union.

Clarence Taylor's "Reds at the Blackboard" focused on the old Teachers Union which disbanded in 1964 after suffering from anti-left attacks.

Of course for another view, check out the review at New Politics of the Kahlenberg Bio on Shanker by Vera Pavone and me: Albert Shanker: Ruthless Neocon

Effective Union Organizing

A video series put together by Jason Mann from the British Columbia Federation of Teachers about social media and how to use it for effective union organizing.

The first series was called New Media For Union Activists Roadmap and it's still available on-line at:
http://www.newmediabootcamp.ca/welcome/
I watched some of them and need to rewatch as they are loaded with information.

The second series started last week and it's called "Online Campaigning for Union Activists"

You can sign up for this free series at :
http://act.bcfed.ca/online-campaigning-for-union-activists/

You Don't Have A Choice - Join the Revolt

Ex-Harlem Success Teacher Comments on Eva the Diva

Ex-HSA Teacher has left a new comment on your post "Fear and Loathing at Evil's Harlem Success Empire ...":

I am a former Harlem Success teacher. Not many people who work/worked for her like her very much. I once made the comment that she is very nice when I first was hired. Two of her closest colleague responded immediately almost in unison, "Eve is not nice!" Over time I realized that there was a lot of political games going on. Another colleague once said to me that he was tired of "being part of a political campaign." Sending out 15,000 applications for only 400 seats in a school is reprehensible. The money that paid for those mass mailings could have paid the yearly salary of another teacher not to mention the heartache of all those parents who applied but did not get a spot. She does good work trying to give disadvantaged students a quality public school education but at a great cost to staff AND the school's educational budget! school budget.

Davis Guggenheim Compared to Riefenstahl

“Waiting for Superman" is the second most intellectually dishonest piece of documentary work I have seen. It is surpassed only by Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will," the pro-Hitler propaganda classic, in that regard. Uses personal narratives of adorable children to create narrative suspense that overrides public policy discussion with pure emotion in unscrupulous attack on teachers and their unions, among others

Timothy Tyson
Professor of African American Studies and History
Duke University

How Teaching Experience Makes a Difference

Even as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Rhee and others around the nation are arguing for experienced teachers to be laid off regardless of seniority, every single study shows teaching experience matters. In fact, the only two observable factors that have been found consistently to lead to higher student achievement are class size and teacher experience, so that it’s ironic that these same individuals are trying to undermine both.
- Leonie Haimson on Parents Across America web site

Full article with charts here.

Weingarten/Gates Foundation announce drone-driven teacher evaluation

According to a press release issued by the Gates Foundation, the AFT and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, these three have entered a ground-breaking partnership to evaluate teachers utilizing the drone technology that has revolutionized warfare in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. A bird-size device floats up to 400 feet above a classroom and instantly beams live video of teachers in action to agents at desks at Teacher Quality Inspection Stations established by the AFT and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

When asked if the drones were authorized to drop bombs on teachers who exhibit inadequacy, Chester E. Finn, Jr., president of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, replied, "Don't be ridiculous. Gates money puts other methods at our disposal."

Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.5-million-member American Federation of Teachers said the powerful union has signed on to the drone project...

More at Substance

The Real Reason Behind Push for Standardized Tests: It's All About the Adults

On standardized testing in our schools

A must read article about the standardized test industry.
Written by an insider who has worked as a test scorer, the article outlines a multinational industry based on an army of temporary workers paid by the piece at $0.30 to $0.70 per test, translated in the need to grade 40 tests per hour to make a $12 salary. The article goes on to show how the companies gauge the grading "results" based on the need to ensure new contracts to continue profiting off of our youth. The original article is from Monthly Review. Here it is on Schools Matter blog.

http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2010/12/on-growing-use-of-corporate-test.html

Parallels between America today and Germany in the 1920's and early 30's

"Resentment and obstruction are all the right wing in America have to peddle. Their policies are utterly discredited. Their ideology - even by its own standards - is a sham. They are so bereft of leaders, their de facto leader is a former drug addicted, thrice-divorced radio talk show host. That is literally the best they can muster. But they have built a national franchise inciting the downwardly mobile to blame the government, not the right, for their problems, exactly as Hitler did in the 1920s."

The US Is Facing a Weimar Moment

Published on Sunday, March 15, 2009 by CommonDreams.org

Chicago View of Unity/UFT on Charters

After many meetings and debates, the Chicago delegation succeeded in working with the New York United Federation of Teachers, Local 2 (UFT) to push the AFT to take stronger stands on charter school accountability and school closings — though many delegates from Chicago would have liked the language to have been even stronger.

Generally speaking, the New York delegation represented organizing charters as the best model for handling their role in reshaping unions, despite the fact that according to many reports few charter schools in New York have been organized as is the case in Chicago. This logic is the same touted by the Progressive Caucus of the AFT. The few that have been organized are a part of the UFT local though they have separate contracts negotiated with the help of UFT. The Chicago delegation reflection the mindset that allowing new charters to continue to proliferate while attempting to organize existing charters is an end game in which public schools and the union lose.

Jen Johnson, CTU, Local 1 in Substance

Ed Notes Greatest Hits: HSA Rally and Founding of GEM

SEE MY VIDEO ON HARLEM SUCCESS RALLY 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEp7rg_L5JI

Angel Gonzalez and I attended that rally and used the footage to promote our conference on Mar. 28, 2009, which is where the concept of a group like GEM emerged. Until then we had basically been a committee of ICE working with the NYCORE high stakes testing group. The actions of Eva and crew helped spawn GEM. Mommie Dearest!!

I have more video somewhere. I was hoping to get Leni Riefenstahl to edit it but she died. We would have called it "Triumph of the Hedge Fund Operators."

Ed Notes Extended

Thursday, May 29, 2014