tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post5831500243453104462..comments2024-02-06T16:00:09.709-05:00Comments on Under Assault: teaching in NYC: Follow-up on Blacklists and Music warehousingUAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18260404972111353175noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-52884110220341436092009-02-20T15:55:00.000-05:002009-02-20T15:55:00.000-05:00Been there, done that. 5000 later...Been there, done that. 5000 later...Rachel Grynberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00174838357649946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-42136305761487268022009-02-19T07:50:00.000-05:002009-02-19T07:50:00.000-05:00Under the current contract there is no threat of b...Under the current contract there is no threat of being "laid off." But, we don't know what RW's negotiating behind our backs, because she's sent out two contradictory messages: No lay-off is secure and everything "is on the table."<BR/><BR/>What you do have to be afraid of, and I brought this up at a DA a year ago, is that that in an effort to get you off a school budget (some ATRs are still on school budget), they trump up a charge against you and put you in the rubber room, where after 60 days central starts picking up your salary. Mike Mendel made light of it, and some DRs I know say they never heard of it happening. I, of course, feel otherwise. If the case against you is weak or rigged, you will probably get your job back: but as I hear it, with a good chance of a fine. That's the corrupt and icky part our union is now tolerating.Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-52375239052335814512009-02-19T01:23:00.000-05:002009-02-19T01:23:00.000-05:00I had a similar experience of a principal talking ...I had a similar experience of a principal talking to me with her mouth full. It's been a similar exercise in futility for me. A few weeks ago, I heard from a UFT person that there isn't even any way to know if the principals are looking at their mailboxes in the Excessed Staffing System and that there's no indication on our applications or anywhere that we are funded ATR's. Weingarten quickly followed with an email saying she would get on this, but I'll follow up and see. What I can't understand is how we are letting ourselves be duped over and over. What good will the raises we were given do us when, again and again, we face the possibility of being laid off. If Bloomberg were really interested in making financial cuts only and this all wasn't orchestrated to target the ATR's, he would just ask for the raises back -- and I'd gladly give mine. In exchange, I'd like my seniority rights back.Rachel Grynberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00174838357649946484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-18888113850649786692009-01-30T21:18:00.000-05:002009-01-30T21:18:00.000-05:00Woodlass, I am sure there are some blacklisted peo...Woodlass, I am sure there are some blacklisted people. You could be one of them because you stand for justice. Too much coincidence about the time of your writing and the closing of your position.<BR/><BR/>Talking about the Hispanic AP., it could be racismin. You know the new profile of BloomKlein teacher -- thin, young, blond, blue eyes. Let's see if this will change with Obama. Maybe not because Dunkin seems to be a segregationist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com