Unity Caucus AFT Convention Candidates L-Z: Note One Rhonda Weingarten and Alan Lubin

I began posting the Unity Caucus candidates Sunday night with A List of 222 School Level Chapter Leaders Running and then we turned out attention to 500+ non-classroom names which include many blasts from the past. The UFT gravy train never seem to end for many people.

This post finalizes  the list of 750 or 800 - look at your ballot's inside pages to see all the names.

Unity Caucus is the gift that just keeps giving. Not only are most of the UFT top level staff on the lists - district, boro reps, special reps, other hangers on. 

You may have thought they were long gone but we go on paying for their junkets. AFT President Randi is our delegate? NYSUT's Alan Lubin who has been gone from the UFT for 25 years?

My guess is this summer's convention is going to cost us $2 million bucks to make Randi feel like a queen. Assume Hillary will make an appearance. I wonder if any Bernie delegates will boo at some point.

I see many names of long-gone Unity caucus members who will "represent" you at AFT and NYSUT conventions in the next 2 years.

Jai-Lin	Lambert
Shirley	Laney
Eliu	Lara	DR
Sheila	Laval
Anthony	Lavecchio
Anne	Lee
Lester	Lehon
Jason	Leibowitz
Kristine	Leonardi
Mae	Leung-Tokar
Josephine	Levine
Robert	Levine
Katherine	Lewis
Rick	Lewis
Nancy	Lieber
Jessica	Lisowski
Janet	Lo
Charles	Lobello
Yolanda	Loder
Rosemarie	Lomonaco
James	Losey Jr
Dolores	Louzupone
Alan	Lubin
Laurie	Lubman
Cleo	Lucas
Gregory	Lundahl
Thomas	Madigan
David	Mahl
Ronald	Mailman
Jadzia	Malinowski
Angela	Maloney
Diane	Mammolito
Alphonse	Mancuso
Armando	Mandes
Donna	Manganello
Marilyn	Manley
Richard	Mantell	Off
Ledia	Mara Drita
Sandra	March
Todd	Marks
Maggie	Martin
Marva	Martin
Robert	Martinez
John	Marvul
Nancy	Mazzella
Diane	Mazzola
Michael	McCourt
Belinda	McCrea
Cynthia	McDaniel
Leslie	McDonnell
Kathryn	McGrath
Luke	Meginsky
Lisa	Mendel
Michael	Mendel
Teresa	Mercado
Alain	Metellus
Fran	Miller	PTRet
Tammie	Miller
Danielle	Minor
Brenna	Mintz
Jorge	Mitey
John	Monteforte	FT
Cynthia	Monteleone
Elsa	Moquete
Maria	Moreno
James	Morris
Paula	Morrison
Jennifer Jo	Moyer
Michael	Mulgrew	off
Iradies	Munet
Marilyn	Munet
Thomas	Murphy
Phyllis	Murray
Toni Ann	Murray
Millicent	Myers
Barbara	Mylite
Evelyn	Negron
Charisse	Nelson
Deborah	Nesmith
Thomas	Nimmo
Jason	Norman
Nicholas	Norman
Jeannie	O'Conner
Renee	O'Conner
Adriana	O'Hagan
Kathleen	O'Hagan
Alice	O'Neill	DR
Patricia	O'Reilly
Maura	O'Sullivan
Regina	Olff
Carlos	Olivieri
Darnese	Olivieri
Norma	Ortega
Justin	Osterman
Jennifer	Pakulniewicz
Andrew	Pallotta	x
Denise	Palmeri
Frank	Panebianco	FT
Rosemary	Parker
Christine	Paul
Linda	Pearson
Marisol	Pena
Debra	Penny	FT
Arthur	Pepper	FT
Candido	Perez
Elizabeth	Perez
Susan	Perez-Gonzalez	FT
Jacquelyn	Peters
Jeffrey	Piekarsky
John	Pierce
Rebecca	Pietromonaco
Vincent	Pilato
Jaclyn	Pitula
Alice	Platt
Carol	Plotkin
Martin	Plotkin
Jamie	Polzin	FT
Suzy	Poon Huie
Darlene	Post
Debra	Poulos	FT
Jeffrey	Povalitis	FT
Margaret	Premus
Vanessa	Pressley
Eudelia	Price
Nicole	Puglia
Doreen	Raftery
Natalie	Ramsey Dexter
Melissa	Reed
Rose	Reid
Brigit	Rein	FT
Marvin	Reiskin	Ret
Parniece	Richardson
Suzette	Robbins
Sterling	Roberson	Off
Elba	Rodriguez
Irma	Rodriguez
Ivonne	Rodriguez
Naomi	Rodriguez
Rita	Rodriguez
Sean	Rokowitz
Carmen	Roldan
Lorine	Romero
Nanette	Rosario-Sanchez	FT
Ann	Rosen	Ret
Martin	Rosenblum
Patricia	Ross-Spiller
Sharine	Rowe
Hector	Ruiz Jr	FT

Laurence	Sachs
Meredith	Saladis
Joycelyn	Sampson
Washington	Sanchez	FT
Howard	Sandau
Ruth	Santiago
Michael	Santos
Mayra	Santos Torres
Claire	Scesney-Lundahl
Doreen	Schafer
Tinamarie	Schneider
Howard	Schoor	Off
Michael	Schoor
Diane	Schreibman-Duberstein
Alicia	Schwartz
Joyce	Schwartz
Bernard	Schwimmer
Karen	Schyboll
Denise	Scott
Albania	Sepulveda
Pedro	Serrano
Penny	Setoute
John	Settle
Kathleen	Sharko
Chantel	Shealy
Barbara	Shiller
Joel	Shiller
Cora	Shillingford
Kris	Sieminski
Michael	Sill
Servia	Silva
Winston	Silvera
Barry	Smith
Celeste	Smith
Marla	Smith
Ualin	Smith
Dermot	Smyth
Gloria	Solla
Angela	Solomon
Howard	Solomon
Yvette	Solomon
Geofrey	Sorkin	FT
Stanley	Sorongon
Jory	Stark
Rita	Stein-Grollman
Penina	Steinberg
Ari	Steinfeld
Erica	Stewart
Lourdes	Suarez
Joseph	Surpris
Danita	Susi
Veronica	Sutton
Edward	Sweeney
Stephen	Swieceiki
Bruce	Swinton
Janice	Sydney Smith
Laura	Tamburo
Corey	Taylor
Marian	Thom
Ron	Thomas
Winnie	Thompson	FT
Juan	Tineo
Richard	Tokar
Nina	Tribble	Ret
Charles	Turner	Ret
Lourdes	Urbaez
Mary	Vaccaro	DR 26
Vincent	Vaccaro
Evelyn	Vargas
Jose	Vargas	FT
James	Vasquez
Wilma	Velazquez
Denise	Verde
Christopher	Verdone
Patti	Vitucci
Dawn Ann	Vitulli
Frank	Volpicella	ret
Mary	Wade	DR 13
Phyllis	Walker
Paula	Washington
Diana	Watson
Monique	Watts-Harouna
Raquel	Webb Geddes
Greg	Weber
Ilene	Weinerman
Rhonda	Weingarten	x
Allan	Weinstein	DR 19
Anna	White
Veronica	Wilensky
Peter	Wilhelm
Abdul-Akeel	Williams	FT
Andre	Williams
Charlayne	Williams
Heather	Williams
Lisa	Wilson
Vanecia	Wilson
Barbara	Wisdom
William	Woodruff	DR
Diane	Yodice
Mavis	Yon
Betsy	Youman
Gail	Zahler
Jeffrey	Zahler
Bruce	Zihal
Anita	Zuckerberg
Joshua	Zuckerberg
Robert	Zuckerberg

Lois Weiner on MORE and A May Day Message to Teachers - On the Front Lines of a War on Public Education

We need to transform the UFT so that it defends all kids' rights to a humane school environment, public education's democratic responsibilities, the dignity of teachers' work and our profession, democracy in our union. My vote is going to MORE.... Lois Weiner, New Politics

I've had this lingering for a few weeks so here is some reading on a rainy Sunday.

Good news from Lois Weiner on her support for MORE.
Lois made the remarks below at NYU recently on a panel with Randi Weingarten and Lily Eskelson Garcia. I bet steam was coming out of Randi's ears. Maybe Lily's too as all they had to offer in the battle for public ed was buying Pierson stock.

A few excerpts from Lois' remarks - there was video including Randi but it is not up yet:

My current research is with and about teacher activists who are building social movement unions, primarily by creating reform caucuses within the existing union structure. The caucuses are the embryos of a new kind of teacher unionism committed to social justice; mobilization of union members with community allies as respectful partners; and thorough-going union democracy, beginning at the school level. Collaborations between social justice activists, academics, and teachers unions are extraordinarily important today. When we say teachers are on the “front lines” we imply they are at war.  In my remarks I will try to clarify what the forces are in this war and what is at stake, posing three challenges for us.... 

While privatization is an aspect of the neoliberal project in education as many speakers have noted, in fact education is being transformed by policies that cannot be separated from a more fundamental drive: to make all human activity, including intellectual and artistic work, subject to what is called the discipline of the market, but is, in fact, the control of powerful elites who manage capitalism and are using the state to extract profit from what is viewed as an  untapped source....

We need to stand unequivocally against educational policies that give business access to services provided in public education, whether it is teacher evaluation, professional development, or school management. Moreover, the public sector has to be overseen through democratic means. Operationally this means protecting or creating elected local school authorities. It means insisting that capitalist elites and the politicians in their thrall do not have the right to dictate terms of educational policy to communities or nations as an ostensible quid pro quo for loans and financial assistance....

Feeling disempowered and alienated from vehicles for resistance, some teachers identify students and parents as their adversaries. This occurs especially in schools that are under-resourced and repressive, where students and parents lack formal education and are members of communities that have been historically oppressed. Teachers are human and are not immune to toxic social prejudices and bigotry. As we see all over the world, those who are economically oppressed often turn against those who are equally or more oppressed. Rage obscures the more distant political and economic forces that create and maintain economic dislocation...

There are areas where I disagree with Lois' analysis about growing an opposition and the role a social justice caucus - she often refers to this as an SJ Movement - plays out in this scenario. But I'll get to that another time.

Her Full piece at: 
http://newpol.org/content/may-day-message-teachers-front-lines-war-public-education

Unity Caucus Candidates E-K: The 750 AFT Convention Goers Who Vote as ONE

Continuing our series of Unity people who are getting a free ride on our dues at a cost of $2 million to Minneapolis this summer to rubber stamp whatever Randi wants - and Randi is actually running as one of OUR delegates. Go figure.

Now say MORE/NA gets 20% of the vote - those 20% are being taxed (dues) without representation at AFT/NYSUT conventions. Is there a law suit somewhere calling for a refund of dues paid to these parent organizations for those voting against Unity?

That is why pumping up the vote for MORE makes a better case for democratizing the UFT and bringing voices free of loyalty oaths to the table. One thing I can say about the MORE candidates who are running - if any of them win they will not be under a MORE loyalty oath and free to push their ideas into the UFT. Imagine if there were even a 100 MORE supporters going to these conventions? We would see a new ball game in the national and state unions.

Previous lists posted on ed notes:

• Unity Caucus Candidates A-D: The 750 AFT Conventio...
• A List of 222 School Level Chapter Leaders Running...

Camille	Eaddy
Evelyn	Edwards
Paul	Egan
Roberta	Eisenberg
Frederick	Eisman
Rosamund	Elbourne
Salvatore	Emanuele
Jacqueline	Endelson
Myra	Entenberg
Claude	Ertel
Marcus	Escobar	DR
Elizabeth	Espert
Giovanni	Espinoza
Alan	Ettman	PTRet
Kerri	Evangelista
Sarah	Evans
Timothy	Evans
Dana	Falciglia	FT
June	Feder
Daniel	Federico
Eileen	Feliciano
Robert	Fernandez
Michele	Ferraro
Eileen	Fields
Tracie	Fields
Patricia	Filomena	PTRet
Katherine	Finkelstein
Sheila	Fishbane
Sandra	Flecha
Melissa	Fleming
Meredith	Fogelman Birmingham
Judy	Forbes
Catalina	Fortino	x
Maria	Francisco
Tanisha	Franks
Rona	Freiser
Ilyana	Frias
Charles	Friedman	Ret
Antonietta	Fuccio
Jay	Futterman
Vincent	Gaglione	Ret
Ellen	Gallin-Procida
Diane	Ganz
Stephen	Gappelberg
Gloria	Garvey
John	Garvey
Yvette	Geary
Ava	Geddis
Analia	Gerard
Judith	Gerowitz	DR 21
Renee	Gestone-Setteducato
Nicole	Giannone Astarita
Ladesha	Gill Bey
Sonya	Gimondo
Mary	Ginese
Mildred	Glaberman
Charles	Goasdoue
Heather	Goldberg
Jason	Goldberg
Steven	Goldberg	DR
Anne	Goldman	Off
Alfred	Gonzales
Mona	Gonzalez
Peter	Goodman
Vivian	Goodman
Shayshana	Gourdine
Diane	Grant
Maggie	Grant
Monique	Green
Gloria	Greenhut
Michelle	Griffin
Steven	Grossman
Iliana	Guzman
Elvera	Hall
Hyacinth	Hall
Greer	Hansen-Velazquez
Anthony	Harmon
John	Harrington
Pearline	Harris
Carol	Harrison	DR
Esta	Heitner
Nichol	Hendricks
Christina	Hepburn
Carolyn	Herbst
Geraldine	Herkowitz
Alexandra	Hernandez
Michael	Herron
Mayra	Hiciano-Cruz
Virginia	Hill
Christine	Hilliard
Janella	Hinds	Off
Leopold	Hoenig
Catherine	Holleran
Deborah	Holt
Tamara	Horowitz
Leah	Hosten
Ricardo	Hoyen
Judith	Huggins
Quentin	Huie
Jasmin	Hunt
Brenda	Hutto
Shauna	Innis
Theresa	Janousek
Mona	Jelks
Raymond	Jenkins
Ann	Johneris
Helena	Johnson
Eula	Jones
Taneeka	Jones
Regina	Joseph-Solomon
Angela	Kahn
William	Kalogeras
Dorothy	Kamps
John	Kamps
Stuart	Kaplan
Mindy	Karten Bornemann
Bonnie	Katz
Herbert	Katz
David	Kazansky	FT
Mary	Keegan
Khiera	Kersey Heggs
Joseph	Kessler	DR
Haseeb	Khawaja
Lynne Ann	Kilroy
Linda	King
Rick	King
Mitch	Klages Bombich
Anthony	Klug	FT
Lillian	Kohler
Michael	Kullman
Iris	Kupferstein
Paul	Kutcher
George	Kuzar Jr

Unity Caucus Candidates A-D: The 750 AFT Convention Goers Who Vote as ONE

Continuing our series of publishing the list that appears on your UFT election ballot of all loyalty-oath signing Unity Caucus candidates running for AFT/NYSUT delegate. Last night we published the 222 chapter leader list - A List of 222 School Level Chapter Leaders Running for Unity: Loyalty Oathers Who Will Sell You Out When Told To which appeared to offend some Unity Caucus people who left comments defending themselves, which have sparked some responses.

I am doing the rest of the 750, many of them district reps, retirees, officers and UFT staffers plus others I do not know. If you know them and what they do leave a comment and I'll fill in the info. I'm doing this in alphabetical order because there are so many.

By the way - did you know that Randi is running as one of OUR delegates?

Do the math just for the upcoming AFT convention: Airfare to Minneapolis, at least 4 or more nights in a top level hotel, meal money. Figure at least $2000 a head times - make it 800 because they shlep special guests along too. I get almost $2 million of your dues going to cover this junket. No wonder they will sell your whatever bridge the leadership is putting on the market.

Again, thanks to Jonathan Halabi for gathering the info.

Melvyn	Aaronson	Off
Alan	Abrams	DR 22
Shelvy	Abrams
Kenneth	Achiron	Ret
Yona	Adika
Andrea	Agre
Don	Albright
Karen	Aldorando
Emma	Alexander
Karen	Alford	VP EL
Roseanne	Alkhatib
Renee	Allen Walker
Lorina	Allert
Sherease	Alston
Bradley	Alter
George	Altomare	Ret
Carmen	Alvarez	Off
John	Amato
Seva	Amos
Sharon	Anderson
Marie	Andino
Donna	Anglin
Sophy	Aponte
Lisa	Arian
Portia	Armstrong
Angela	Artis
Amy	Arundell	FT
Robert	Astrowsky	Ret
Patricia	Atia	DR
Mary	Atkinson	FT
Ina	Babb-Henry
Joshua	Baez
Sherlyn	Bailey
Dolores	Balboa
Tracey	Ball Douglas
Adreianne	Barksdale
Anthony	Barnes
Leroy	Barr	Off
Claudette	Bart
Nancy	Barth-Miller
Normel	Batson
Reynold	Batson
Timothy	Becker
Alexander	Bell
Mashantuck	Bell
Bertha	Bell-Lee
Jacqueline	Bennett	FT
Thomas	Bennett
Robert	Berger
Phyllis	Berk
Jeffrey	Bernstein	FT
Doreen	Berrios-Castillo
Doreen	Bevilacqua
Howard	Bloch	Ret
Linda	Bloch
Peter	Bloch
Patricia	Bonadonna
Sally-Ann	Bongiovanni
Klaus	Bornemann
Margaret	Borrelli	FT
Kendra	Bowman-Burns
Jennifer	Brancaccio
Jocelyn	Brathwaite
Erika	Brown
Helena	Brown
Joan	Brown
Shajada	Brown
Thomas	Brown	Off
Glenda	Bryant-Bonas
Vasiliki	Buccellatto
Adeliz	Burgos
Zina	Burton-Myrick	FT
Robert	Burwick
Robert	Cain
Isabella	Calisi-Wagner
Sandra	Callahan
Jose	Camacho
Emelina	Camacho Mendez	FT
Paulette	Camarinos
Carl	Cambria
Brian	Campbell
David	Campbell
Brenda	Caquias
Cassie	Carlo
Chandice	Carroll
Andrea	Carte
Frank	Carucci	Ret
Leo	Casey	x- wtf?
Casserene	Cassells
Priscilla	Castro
Angelo	Caterina
Floresta	Chapman
Donna	Chartash
Monica	Christie
Dwayne	Clark	FT
Bernadette	Clemons
Michelle	Cohen-Weill
Joseph	Colletti
Mark	Collins
Dominique	Colon
Reginald	Colvin
Catherine	Connolly
Aracelia	Cook
Alice	Cooper	DR 27
Donna	Coppola
Cecilia	Cortez
Rosemarie	Cortijo
Doreen	Crinigan
Patricia	Crispino	FT
Theresa Ann	Crivelli
Yadira	Cruz
Melissa	Cuadrado
Santina	D'Angelo
Tabio	Da Cruz
Clare	Daley
Rodrick	Daley
Margaret	Dalton-Diakite
Michelle	Daniels
Rita	Danis
Elizabeth	Darby
Allison	Davis
Marina	Davis
Maria	De Candia
Anthony	Debetta
Regine	Dejean
Evelyn	Dejesus
Arlevia	Deloach
Cathy	Deluca
Adhim	Deveaux
Robin	Di Palma
Ellen	Diamond Jones
Lorraine	Donlon
Kerry	Dowling
Ellen	Driesen
James	Duncan
Sandra	Dunn-Yules
Pamela	Durante
Tammie	Durosinmi
Bridget	Dyzenhaus