NYC Educator: "Sickout" Message to Staff

NYC Educator: "Sickout" Message to Staff

"Sickout" Message to Staff

 I'm sharing a message I sent out to members at my building below. The elite MORE Caucus, which tossed out all the people who committed the egregious offense of doing the work to make them win an election, has called for a sick out. I was not going to respond here, but it's now appeared in the Post and been covered elsewhere. It is irresponsible and disingenuous of MORE to fail to disclose the implications of such an action. 

 

New York City teachers will not walk out on our students. We will stay and fight. 

 

Arthur Goldstein@TeacherArthurG

If I'm the first @UFT member to die of the virus, I want my 200,000 brothers and sisters to turn their backs on @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio at my funeral.

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6:18 PM - Mar 14, 2020

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Last week I heard rumors of a teacher sick out on Monday. Now I hear it's Wednesday.  I was not too keen on addressing this, but it's now appeared in the New York Post. 

Let me be absolutely clear on this. A coordinated action like this would be a violation of the Taylor Law. This could invoke major penalties. One is the deduction of two days pay for every day we are out. Another is the loss of tenure for one year, something that happened to my friend Norm when he went out on strike. More serious actions could be taken against the union as a whole.

Furthermore, I don't believe the public would be sympathetic to our walking out of a dangerous situation and leaving children to fend for CONTINUE READING: NYC Educator: "Sickout" Message to Staff