2-17-21 NEW ACTION ALERT! NYC is trying to stop the new state guidance that would stop them from kicking kids out of in-person school. TAKE ACTION HERE If you support the statements in this letter, please copy and paste it into your own email and send it to UFT President Michael Mulgrew (and Mayor BillContinue reading “Open Letter to UFT President Michael Mulgrew on In-School COVID Testing”
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Did Randi Weingarten Just Back Off Her Forced Vaccination Rhetoric?
by Michael Kane 2-14-21 Crystal Lewis of THE CHIEF continues to produce critical reporting on COVID vaccination and American educators. On February 11th she wrote the following: Backs Off ‘Mandatory’ Although many Teachers see the vaccine as key to restoring full-time in-person learning, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, backed off previousContinue reading “Did Randi Weingarten Just Back Off Her Forced Vaccination Rhetoric?”
UFT President Mulgrew States COVID Vaccination is a Teacher CHOICE
by Michael Kane 2-5-21 I was very happy to hear UFT President Michael Mulgrew reiterate that getting the COVID vaccine is a choice for every teacher to make individually. On February 4th, during a telephonic town hall meeting that New York Senator Chuck Schumer spoke at, over 20,000 UFT members heard Mulgrew strongly encourage everyoneContinue reading “UFT President Mulgrew States COVID Vaccination is a Teacher CHOICE”
Is NYC Headed for Biometric Digital Student Passports?
Digital Identity and the ‘Gamification’ of Education by Michael Kane 2-1-21 Fulgent Genetics billionaire CEO and founder Ming Hsieh also founded Cogent Systems, a biometric identification company eventually acquired by 3M. Fulgent is one of the laboratories under contract with NYC Schools to conduct in-school COVID testing. The agreement governing this testing between Fulgent andContinue reading “Is NYC Headed for Biometric Digital Student Passports?”
TEACHERS FOR CHOICE Demands of New York Teacher Unions
1-20-21 NY Teachers For Choice is releasing a list of 7 demands for the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), as well as their state-wide umbrella organizations and affiliates (ie AFT, NYSUT, NEA, et. al.). If these demands are met, we will delay the call in our first Resolution for a state-wide diversion of teacher unionContinue reading “TEACHERS FOR CHOICE Demands of New York Teacher Unions”
Resolution to Divert Union Dues from NY Teacher Unions to an Emergency Health Protection Fund
Resolution #1 1-10-21 This resolution has been passed by the NY TEACHERS FOR CHOICE Steering Committee, http://www.nyteachersforchoice.org, originally published at the following link: https://nyteachersforchoice.wordpress.com/2021/01/10/resolution-to-divert-union-dues-from-ny-teacher-unions-to-an-emergency-health-protection-fund/ *** WHEREAS educators and parents throughout New York State have formed an emergency “TEACHERS FOR CHOICE” union caucus; WHEREAS the majority of educators currently in this caucus are members of theContinue reading “Resolution to Divert Union Dues from NY Teacher Unions to an Emergency Health Protection Fund”
Protest at UFT Office in Staten Island
by Michael Kane 12-20-20 Yesterday 100 teachers, parents, students, business owners and citizens protested in front of the UFT Office building in Staten Island, NY. We expected hundreds more, but having to cancel our original Wednesday date due to the snow storm, as well as having it on the Saturday before Christmas limited attendance. NewContinue reading “Protest at UFT Office in Staten Island”
OPEN LETTER to UFT President Michael Mulgrew
What is your position on the COVID Vaccine and Teachers? Sent on November 25, 2020, 7am mmulgrew@uft.org To UFT President Mike Mulgrew: I write to you as a UFT member and steering committee member for NY Teachers For Choice who represents the opinion of thousands of UFT members. As you know, we are a grassroots group ofContinue reading “OPEN LETTER to UFT President Michael Mulgrew”
Mulgrew Says All NYC Teachers Must Get COVID Vaccine
Read our OPEN LETTER to Michael Mulgrew HERE Sign our PETITION Against Vaccine Mandates for Educators HERE 11-24-20 United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew stated in a UFT virtual Town Hall meeting yesterday that the COVID vaccine would be mandatory for all NYC teachers by September of 2021. This is according to multipleContinue reading “Mulgrew Says All NYC Teachers Must Get COVID Vaccine”
Mike Mulgrew Addresses DNA Controversy for First Time
“No DNA is being collected for nefarious purposes.” – Mike Mulgrew, UFT Delegate Assembly, October 14, 2020 10-14-2020 Today, for the first time, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew addressed the DNA controversy surrounding in-school COVID testing. However it does not appear that he said anything substantive. Sources who viewed the virtual delegateContinue reading “Mike Mulgrew Addresses DNA Controversy for First Time”
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