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🚨 Call to Action: Our ‘Get Out The Vote’ homework for upcoming UFT & TRS elections
Help us GET OUT THE VOTE for: Ben Morgenroth for TRS Pension Trustee, Fix Para Pay Slate for Para Chapter Election and Retiree Advocate for Retired…
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Educators of NYC
On the UFT Unity Approach to "Activism"
How do they defend their reprehensible actions? And how do we get rid of them?
Published on Union Matters • 
Post mortem on a disappointing state budget
By Leonie Haimson -- repost from https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com
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Leonie
A Conversation with Brandon 'Griot B' Brown
Daniel interviews Griot B. Leonie shares a news update on the state budget deal that will renew mayoral control of NYC schools for two more years.
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Dan Alicea
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Leonie
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A Conversation about the Newly Released NYSED Report on Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools
Episode Summary Daniel interviews PEP member Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez and Leonie Haimson, co-host and Executive Director of Class Size Matters, about…
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Educators of NYC
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Mulgrew, and his Unity Political Machine, did nothing to STOP Tier 6.
They rolled over when it was proposed in 2011. And when finally enacted in 2012. Now, we are left to pick up the pieces. Struggling to glue back and fix…
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Dan Alicea
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The UFT Welfare Fund is Prioritizing Investments over Dental Benefits
Union members pay high out-of-pocket expenses while the Welfare Fund gets richer
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UFT's 3 Consequential Elections: Petitions are in and the Game is On
by Norm Scott — repost from https://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/
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Norm Scott
The real story of charter schools & the evolution of the Democratic Party on this issue
Episode Summary Leonie interviews Carol Burris, executive director of Network for Public Education and Julian Vasquez Heilig, education scholar at…
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Leonie
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Paraprofessionals Need a Raise, Not a Tip
They also need job protections. Parties and handbooks don't cut it.
Published on Union Matters • 
UFT Paras’ new survey measuring calls for a LIVING WAGE and a FAIR CONTRACT goes viral
After over 2500 members petitioned UFT leadership and the City to address low para pay, unfair para pay structures and conditions, a new, viral survey…
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Educators of NYC
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What Is That Rancid Aroma Coming from Tweed? Is the Department of Education Crumbling?
A bad week for the Mayor and the Chancellor, a really, really bad week. A four day weekend, Easter, you would think a quiet time and only one week…
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Goodman Peter
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