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City teachers union President Mike Mulgrew has launched a “purge’’ at UFT headquarters — firing open rivals and also staffers ...
The Michael Mulgrew-linked United Caucus’ Retiree chapter sent a notice to its supporters Saturday saying unofficial results showed it lost the recent election.
With voting underway in the election for United Federation of Teachers leadership, longtime president Michael Mulgrew is facing insurgent challenges at a time when workers broadly have been ...
New York City’s powerful teachers union announced Friday it won’t endorse in the Democratic mayoral primary, citing no clear consensus among United Federation of Teachers members this election ...
With his latest victory, Mulgrew, the UFT president since 2009, has won six consecutive elections, but by increasingly smaller margins.In 2022, Unity won roughly 66% of the vote, while the ...
With a union election around the corner, a pandemic-intensified fight over class size is developing among the rank and file of the United Federation of Teachers. Earlier this month, a group of ...
UFT rank-and-filers announce candidate to challenge powerful teachers union head. Olivia Swisher, a Brooklyn chapter leader, is running against Michael Mulgrew.
UFT Secretary Michael Mendel attributed the delay to Hurricane Sandy. “It moved the whole calendar back for every single thing,” he said, pointing to the teacher evaluation negotiations with the city ...
NEW YORK--Elections in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) ended with the re-election of the current president, Randi Weingarten, and her Unity caucus retained a strong majority. Nonetheless ...
AFTER the election, MORE can say confidently that it has made an impact on the UFT--and that it has begun to build a name for itself within the larger labor left in New York City. These are no ...
Frederick M. Hess says in New York City's United Federation of Teachers elections last week, just 40 percent of votes were cast by those active in the classroom. He worries the true teacher voice ...