I appreciate reading these highly informative posts very much. In this one
Scott/Goldstein are revealed at wanting to start a new (old) scab
tradition *against
union labels and union labeling.* The low consciousness of American labor
reformists is nothing new, but its grossness and anti-working class core is
striking in every instance where it comes out.
Here is an interesting and honest statement on this question from a union
activist made 2005, and first published in *California Teacher,* organ of
the California Federation of Teachers, AFT.
http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/UnionLabels/Use_the_union_label.html
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 9:19 PM, Marjorie Stamberg <
marjoriestamberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Of course Norm had to clock in on the union bug flap, for those who know
this professional anti communist in a bloc with Fiorillo who led the
pro-cop line against marching for Eric garner
Sent from my iPhone
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Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:58 PM
Subject: [Ed Notes Online] Ruminating on the UFT Delegate Assembly, this
Saturday's MORE conference and Other Matters
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For the record, I don't always agree with everyone in MORE, or everything
they do or say. But whether I agree with them or not, they are among the
most dedicated unionists I know. A good number of them could have joined
Unity, signed the oath, and gone to conventions to vote as Mulgrew
instructed. Instead, they opt to lobby for member voice.....
I admire Jia [Lee] for bringing up the resolution, but I knew they would
find a way to kill it. Once the Unity person complained of the MORE ad on
the back of the resolution, the faithful knew how they were to vote. Then
there was her nasty insinuation there was no "union bug" on the paper, as
though MORE had the work outsourced to slave labor in some third-world
banana republic...... <http://nyceducator.com/2015/10/da-takeaway.html>
I don't really understand the democracy inherent in a forum in which the
chair talks about whatever for three fourths of the meeting, entertains a
few questions, and needs to add extra time to allow a single motion. I
wonder whether he wants people to come back, or whether he wants to drive
them away so as to ensure the "highest decision-making body in the UFT"
remains largely a forum for his pontifications and indulgences.
..... ... NYC Educator, DA Takeaway
<http://nyceducator.com/2015/10/da-takeaway.html>
Arthur Goldstein has some great stuff in this post. I hate to keep
agreeing with this guy - and that he always beats me to the punch on so
much good stuff.
With MORE's conference coming up this Saturday, it is good to hear some
positive words about MORE given attacks from Unity caucus and the
ultra-leftist lone voice in the UFT supporting Unity Caucus about that
ridiculous union label thing. I print hundreds of copies of our leaflets on
my home copy machine - after often doing the labor of laying them out - and
these clowns try to make it look "as though MORE had the work outsourced
to slave labor in some third-world banana republic."
This is nothing more than an attempt by Unity and its allies to attack the
opposition. So if we put "labor donated" on every leaflet all is OK?
Frankly, I don't always have the space when I lay out a leaflet to make
the purists quibblers happy.
And I also agree on the MORE points - no one in MORE is always happy -
MORE consists of real people - with different points of view and it is not
always easy to try to blend these points into a coherent policy while
maintaining democracy - it is always much easier to have a strong man/woman
take charge - you know, the way Unity has been run for 60 years.
*UFT Democracy Workshop by Fiorillo, Goldstein* and Scott at MORE
conference:*
Arthur, Michael Fiorillo and I have been internal critics in MORE over
some issues. This Saturday we are working together to do a workshop in
union democracy -here is a rough description of the workshop:
The UFT has been structured by Unity Caucus in such a way as to enforce a
fundamentally undemocratic system. We will review that structure, discuss
what type of structure could be created to ensure a more democratically run
union, and delve into the issue of whether such reforms can be implemented
given the absolute control Unity has over every formal institution. Lurking
behind all this is the possibility of losing the agency fee case and how
that impacts on the issue of democracy.
*attendance depending in scheduling.
MORE on the conference tomorrow.
Here is the MORE Press Advisory.
NEWS ADVISORY: On 10/24 Teachers and Community Unite to Build Platform for
New UFT Leadership
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES OR ANNOUNCEMENT
October 20, 2015
Contacts:
Megan Moskop (252) 367-0908
John Antush (917) 734-3907
media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
**News Advisory**
As NYC School Crisis Continues, Teachers Unite with Community to Challenge
Unaccountable Union Leadership and Defend Public Education
Movement of Rank-and-File Educators to announce UFT Presidential candidate
in bid to unseat union President Michael Mulgrew and his Unity Caucus
.
WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2015
10am-6pm
RSVP for interviews during the day
WHERE: P.S. 58, The Carroll School
330 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY
WHAT: Fed up with classroom overcrowding, overuse of standardized
testing, and understaffing, New York’s hardworking educators have lost
patience with the leadership of the United Federation of Teachers and are
coming together with the community to continue building a broad-based
movement for change– in their union and in our schools.
The State of our Union, State of our Schools Conference will gather
rank-and-file educators, community allies, parents, and students to shape a
new vision for high-quality public education and craft a platform for the
upcoming UFT elections. The Movement of Rank-and-File Educators (MORE) will
announce its candidate for union president at the conference.
For a complete list of speakers and workshops
<http://more.nationbuilder.com/workshops>, view the attached flier, or
visit the event page.
<http://more.nationbuilder.com/state_of_the_union_conference>
WHO: The Movement of Rank-and-File Educators (MORE), is the social
justice caucus of the UFT and largest force for change in the union. In the
upcoming elections, MORE will challenge Unity Caucus, the bureaucratic
political machine that has dominated New York’s teachers’ union for the
past 50 years. Over the past decade, Unity has led the UFT into crisis,
signing off on harmful policies such as overuse of standardized testing and
pay increases that fail to keep pace with inflation, while using union
funds to pay UFT President Michael Mulgrew over $260,000 per year and dole
out salaries of over $100,000 per year to over 100 Unity Caucus political
operatives on UFT staff.
Other conference endorsers are NYCORE- The New York Collaborative of
Radical Educators, Change the Stakes, NYC OPTOUT, The Teacher Diversity
Committee of New York, The Coalition for Public Education, NYS Stronger
Together Caucus, and the Badass Teachers Association.
COMPELLING VISUALS: Cheering crowds, workshop discussions, conversation.
Interviews
can be arranged with our presidential candidate, parents, teachers,
students, and activists upon request.
RSVP: E-mail media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
###
The Movement of Rank and File Educators is the Social Justice Caucus of
the United Federation of Teachers. To learn MORE, visit
www.morecaucusnyc.org
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