NYC Educator: The United Federation of Retired Teachers

NYC Educator: The United Federation of Retired Teachers:

The United Federation of Retired Teachers

by NYC Educator

BREAKING--Today I was at 52 Broadway conducting business, and I ran into a particularly loquacious union rep, who shall remain unnamed. We discussed the UFT election, and he confided union leadership's plan for the future. I surreptitiously recorded the whole thing on my iPhone.

"As you know, 53% of our voters were retirees. Some people criticize us for that, but the fact is, these are reliable votes for Unity. As we move into our fifth year without a raise in salary, an evaluation system under which teachers will be judged by junk science, and a second decade of mayoral control, we're a little nervous.

As you know, MORE came within 160 votes of unseating our high school Executive Board, and if we hadn't bought