2. There’s nothing here to indicate that ABC is calling for a strike. They have spoken about being action-ready and building union power. This is a strawman fallacy and the type fear-mongering we’ve come to expect from Unity.
2. There’s nothing here to indicate that ABC is calling for a strike. They have spoken about being action-ready and building union power. This is a strawman fallacy and the type fear-mongering we’ve come to expect from Unity.
3. I find no real concrete plan from your Unity caucus to ensure we get raises that outpace the cost of living. They’ve failed to achieve this for several years now.
4. In reality, Mulgrew and Unity have falsely claimed that amending the Taylor Law is dangerous. When in fact the Triborough amendment is living proof that the Taylor law can be amended successfully in a pro-union way… perhaps to ensure public sector workers won’t have the current sanctions with another amendment.
5. I read your blog piece on CTU vs UFT contracts and you made various non-sequitur arguments including how you inexplicably moved to pensions whose terms are defined legislatively.
Your attempt to conflate CTU achieving raises linked to the cost of living for ACTIVE WORKERS in this contract with COLAS for retirees in both cities (again legislative) shows sophistry or ignorance.
What’s sad is one of your members actually did post a helpful comment on Facebook that corrected me. When I asked her for permission to quote her well thought out response she deleted it. It’s sad she felt the need to hide her knowledge for me and other readers. One might think she was told to do so.
I explain in every blog I write I lack full understanding of financial matters. You speak of straw men and yet I still see NO plan of action. Once could say ABC is equally guilty of such. Finally you wrote of strikes, and speak of organizing but you are against a strike? Perhaps your messaging is muddled then. Two articles in a row about how cities are striking certainly lend credence to the concern that you are pushing for strikes without saying the words aloud. Please feel free to clarify this message if I am mistaken. Once again you bash unity but give no further plan of action. Unity has published their plans and even made infographics for quick reference. You know my work so I suspect you know this already. That too comes across as disingenuous.
So ABC write about strikes and organizing and is comparing states where strikes are legal to NY where they are not. Will you be publishing any articles referencing how ABC proposes to organize without strikes in a way that differs from Unity? Because I am struggling to understand why we keep reading about strikes on your own pages when you are now saying you don’t propose them. I think many readers are curious.
I stand corrected you wrote Mass can’t strike. I misread the long post. But I still would love to hear actual ideas and plans . Would you like a link to unity’s information?
Hi Linda A.
Boston teachers like other Massachusetts teachers can’t strike legally.
https://massteacher.org/-/media/massteacher/files/legal/faqs/legal_faq.pdf?la=en&hash=4527071F56544331693F2C13D83612CBFAB9FFAB#:~:text=2.,to%20engage%20in%20a%20strike.
2. There’s nothing here to indicate that ABC is calling for a strike. They have spoken about being action-ready and building union power. This is a strawman fallacy and the type fear-mongering we’ve come to expect from Unity.
3. I find no real concrete plan from your Unity caucus to ensure we get raises that outpace the cost of living. They’ve failed to achieve this for several years now.
4. In reality, Mulgrew and Unity have falsely claimed that amending the Taylor Law is dangerous. When in fact the Triborough amendment is living proof that the Taylor law can be amended successfully in a pro-union way… perhaps to ensure public sector workers won’t have the current sanctions with another amendment.
5. I read your blog piece on CTU vs UFT contracts and you made various non-sequitur arguments including how you inexplicably moved to pensions whose terms are defined legislatively.
Your attempt to conflate CTU achieving raises linked to the cost of living for ACTIVE WORKERS in this contract with COLAS for retirees in both cities (again legislative) shows sophistry or ignorance.
I’ll write more about this later.
Playing the Triborough Amendment, well played sir, well played!!
What’s sad is one of your members actually did post a helpful comment on Facebook that corrected me. When I asked her for permission to quote her well thought out response she deleted it. It’s sad she felt the need to hide her knowledge for me and other readers. One might think she was told to do so.
I explain in every blog I write I lack full understanding of financial matters. You speak of straw men and yet I still see NO plan of action. Once could say ABC is equally guilty of such. Finally you wrote of strikes, and speak of organizing but you are against a strike? Perhaps your messaging is muddled then. Two articles in a row about how cities are striking certainly lend credence to the concern that you are pushing for strikes without saying the words aloud. Please feel free to clarify this message if I am mistaken. Once again you bash unity but give no further plan of action. Unity has published their plans and even made infographics for quick reference. You know my work so I suspect you know this already. That too comes across as disingenuous.
So ABC write about strikes and organizing and is comparing states where strikes are legal to NY where they are not. Will you be publishing any articles referencing how ABC proposes to organize without strikes in a way that differs from Unity? Because I am struggling to understand why we keep reading about strikes on your own pages when you are now saying you don’t propose them. I think many readers are curious.
https://bit.ly/UnityPlanIG
I stand corrected you wrote Mass can’t strike. I misread the long post. But I still would love to hear actual ideas and plans . Would you like a link to unity’s information?