The United Federation of Teachers has created a convoluted rationale for not making an endorsement at this time in the presidential race. Given their history of endorsements, I am surprised anyon...
https://jd2718.org/2020/02/16/uft-wont-endorse-bloomberg-thats-not-good-enough/
It looks likely that he will get the UFT endorsement. He already has endorsements from many unions – starting with the sanitation workers. Still, bad optics on AFT President Randi Weingarten ho...
https://jd2718.org/2016/12/17/bill-de-blasio-for-a-second-term/
AFT Convention 2016. Ended three days ago. What do I take away from Minneapolis? This was a better convention then my two previous. It was very different from my two previous, 2010 and 2014. The...
AFT Convention 2016 wrapped up in Minneapolis yesterday. Here’s a little about the last day and a half. A pattern began to develop. Each resolution was followed by a little positive discussion,...
https://jd2718.org/2016/07/22/aft-convention-2016-days-3-and-4/
Not that one. Obama’s not here in Minneapolis. And not the next one – she left. And not the AFT President. I’ve met Randi many times before, argued with her, agreed with her, e-mailed, etc...
https://jd2718.org/2016/07/21/aft-convention-2016-meeting-the-president/
AFT Convention 2016. Day 3 will start in a few hours. I’m writing a post each day from Minneapolis. Day 2: I’m still “tweeting” – little snippets, sometimes with a snapshot. You can...
AFT Convention 2016. Day 2 is about to start. I’ll write a post each day I’m out here in Minneapolis. Here’s Day 1: Came in during the preliminaries, registered as a visitor, made my way i...
Before Minneapolis, there was Chicago. Minneapolis. 2016. AFT Convention 2016. Three out of four. AFT 2010, AFT 2014, and now AFT 2016. I’m a visitor. And a blogger-reporter. I’ll be ...
https://jd2718.org/2016/07/18/aft-convention-2016-prequel-chicago/
It’s no surprise that the AFT endorsed Hillary Clinton. The close alliance between AFT President Randi Weingarten and Clinton is well-known. It’s a bit of surprise that it happened today, six...
1. Enough Press This is (barring some odd tangent) my last AFT Convention post. Here’s the others: Friday – Saturday – Sunday. And yesterday was another busy “tweeting” day, well morn...
1. More Press I spent another day front row, listening, writing, tweeting. I’m “Press” here because I blog. But then it turns out I tweet… another 40 yesterday, even though I missed a...
1. Meet the Press I spent yesterday mostly in my seat, front row, listening, writing, tweeting. Odd experience. I tried to find out how to come to the AFT Convention as a non-delegate, a guest,...
So this is notes, not everything, because I didn’t see everything, not close. 1. The morning was a series of greetings, including The Rev. Dr. William Barber II (president of the North Carolina...
Yesterday the AFT sent out an e-mail under Weingarten’s signature – I must have gotten five copies. They announced a “Reclaiming the Promise” campaign. The part I liked said: This is why ...
In Wisconsin we see collective bargaining rights under direct attack. Furloughs, and other financial givebacks are becoming more common across the country. In New York City the mayor and the chan...
https://jd2718.org/2011/02/25/weingarten-offers-more-concessions/