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I am Proud to Be a Member of Unity

There are almost 200,000 UFT members, active teachers, paraprofessionals, school secretaries, speech therapists, nurses, unionized charter schools, etc., and retired teachers.  When teachers retire they are no longer covered by the collective bargaining agreement the UFT actively supports retirees, they vote in union elections, have their own chapter within the union and retirees participate in…

Why Are We So Contentious? Lessons from Madison and Hamilton

“AMONG the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice. He…

Is the Mayor Planning to Defund the Affinity District Partner Organizations?

The NYS budget cycle is April 1 to March 31, if the governor/legislatures fail to reach an agreement the legislature passes a “continuing resolution” to keep the state solvent, meaning the ability to pay bills and pay state employees. Cuomo prided himself on timely budgets, each of Governor Hochel’s budgets has been late and this…

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