UFT Prez Michael Mulgrew wrote us today about how terrible Bloomberg's recent speech in Washington was.Sure enough, he talks a good line about ATRs, rubber rooms and test scores, but who can believe what these union managers say anymore?
When the ATR pool was created, he says, the union had "warned the DOE that faulty implementation of the process would leave hundreds or even thousands of teachers without permanent assignments."
There is no better example of the Department of Education’s mismanagement and failed leadership than this group of dedicated and experienced teachers.Sure looks to me as if he's denying the union's role in negotiating a contract that handed us the ATR situation on a platter.
Let's be clear about this. Randi Weingarten, backed by her indefatigable Unity Caucus, signed a deal that gave principals the right to pass over any or all excessed teachers.
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Unity management works behind our backs and lies to us.
As nice as Mulgrew's letter sounds — and it does sound better than Weingarten's claptrap — I don't believe anything Unity says anymore. Not one word.
The above are excerpts from a superb piece that exposes Unity (and don't forget their allies New Action- see if any of their literature is in any way critical of the UFT on so many of these issues - and they joined Randi at her wine and cheese party screwing the ATRs as Under Assault refers to).
I agree that Mulgrew is skating on his use of less cloying language than Randi. But the ice is getting thin and do not expect him to deviate one iota from her policies. He will get away with this for a time, certainly through the upcoming UFT elections, where many Randi-haters will argue they should give him a shot.
They shouldn't.
Read the full piece: MM Pinocchio
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