UFT casting change into 'Superman'
Last Updated: 2:13 AM, October 22, 2010
Posted: 1:27 AM, October 22, 2010
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PrintCall them the men and women of "steal."
The city teachers union ripped a page from the very documentary that slammed it -- handing out blue Superman-style T-shirts Wednesday to hundreds of members with the famous "S" replaced by "UFT."
The self-given pat on the back came hot on the heels of the release of "Waiting for 'Superman,' " the documentary in which the umbrella union of the United Federation of Teachers is called to task for helping to create a national education crisis.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten -- former chief of the city local -- was cast in the role of the movie's villain.
Still, UFT members proudly wore their snazzy superhero duds as they filed out of a union meeting at their downtown headquarters.
"The UFT must really dig the movie more than people thought they would," quipped Joe Williams, executive director of Democrats for Education
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