On January 21, the NY State Education Commissioner announced that 34 schools in NYC would be closed, turned into charters, or radically restructured. This was on top of the 19 schools the City plans to close. As part of a National Day of Action to Defend Education, there will be a protest demonstration at Governor Paterson’s Manhattan Office. To find out more, and to download a leaflet to advertise this protest, click here.
Teachers for a Just Contract (TJC) believes the UFT needs to build a UNITED citywide movement that targets the real power: the Mayor and the City Administration. To read our latest leaflet about why the present UFT leadership’s strategy can’t help us, and what we need to do to end school closings and win a just contract, click here.
Join the fight to protect us, our students and our schools from senseless and pointless school closings. Rally at Mayor Bloomberg’s residence to demand “Stop the Closings.” Thursday, January 21, 4 to 6:30 PM, 79th Street & 5th Avenue in Manhattan. To view and download leaflet, click here.
At the December UFT Delegate Assembly, TJC and two other independent groups within the UFT proposed a central, citywide rally to stop school closings. To read the full text of the resolution, click this link.
To read about why, and download our leaflet, click here.
In the June 22 agreement, we regained the two vacation days before Labor Day. Those days mean a lot. UFT leaders hope we’ll be so excited we won’t see that they gave back TOO MUCH. Click here to read and download TJC’s leaflet about the shocking truth behind our two vacation days.
James Eterno is the ICE – TJC candidate for UFT President in 2010. Eterno, 48, is the longtime chapter leader of Jamaica High School, where he has been a social studies teacher for 23 years. He was a founding member of the ICE Caucus, and he served on the UFT Executive Board from 1997 to 2007. ICE- TJC will also run a full slate of candidates for the offices of all UFT Vice Presidents and Executive Board positions. To read the TJC 2010 Election Platform, click here.
In the June 22 agreement, we regained the two vacation days before Labor Day. Those days mean a lot. UFT leaders hope we’ll be so excited we won’t see that they gave back TOO MUCH. Read the rest of this entry »
We need and deserve a just contract, regardless of the economic crisis. What are realistic demands, that could be achieved with a strategy of militant grass roots involvement? To read and download, TJC’s April 2009 leaflet, click here.
TJC shows how the UFT can win, in our March 2009 leaflet. Click here to read and download it.