Guess who got a 15% raise?????

All NYC School teachers.....Yeah

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That is awesome!! And very well deserved! Congrats!!!!!!!!!

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Excellent!!!

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That is GREAT. You Deserve it

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Congrats!

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That is WONDERFUL NEWS!!!

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Wow! That's great! I hope they start working on DSNY's contract now....my husband hasn't had a contract in years!

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its not a raise when they increase your work load...

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That is WONDERFUL NEWS!

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Wow that great!! Congrats

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Congrats!!!!

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Are you seriously going to vote yes for this? It goes against everything our union has fought to protect for us for so long. No amount of raise is worth it if you have to give so much back. Look at the fine print very carefully it's not fair what the mayor is offering and I hope we all come to our senses and vote NO on this one!

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I will be voting NO!!!!!!

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Actually I will be voting no too.....I'm home on maternity leave right now so all I heard was that we got 15%...I wasn't aware of all the give-backs.....Now after reading all of it......it actually isn't a raise at all if you have to give more time. I just can't bare too lose an extra 3 days and have to work an extra 30 minutes a week on top of the extrs time we are already working from the other contract!

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DH is a teacher and he's all for it. He already puts in extra hours as it is cuz he teaches a program called "college now" at the HS he teaches at so he said that he doesn't really care about the extra 10 mins a day.

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Yeah the fine print really gets ya....I'm so bummed. I too am on maternity and would love to come back to a fat retro check but as a new Mom I dont want to get home after 4pm 4 days a week........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It's not 10 minutes a day. It's 50 minutes extra a week plus the 100 minutes from last contract. soo... instead of getting out at 2:50 M-F. We have to work until 3:27 everyday except Fri in which we get out at 2:50. PLUS>>> we have to go in the thurs before labor day and B/Q day is taken away. PLUS principals have MORE Power, IT SUCX I VOTE NO as well!!!!

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IMO, the bigger problem than the extra time is the fact that we will no longer be able to grieve letters in our file. We all have worked for or know people who have worked for crazy and/or vicious supervisors. That has the potential to be very serious, more then anything else in this piece of crap.

Also, it bothers me that you are immediately fired if accused of sexual misconduct. Before anyone flames, I want to point out that I would absolutely be for removing that teacher from the school building pending the investigation. But to fire immediately? An innocent person could be falsely accused and they would lose everything in the process. That is also scary to me. I know of at least one person who was falsely accused.

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It's not a Raise!! To all NYC teachers Please vote NO!! We are giving back way too much. We're not really getting a raise, with all the extra days and extended time. We're actually working for it. There is plenty of extra stuff to top it off. Go to www.uft.org to read about the contract. Please spread the word and have all fellow NYC teachers Vote NO for the contract!

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I AGREE TEACHER IMPOWERMENT WOOOO HOOOO

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We are damned if we do, damned if we don't. This is all timed to the election- by the time this is voted on, he will be in office and I predict that he will NOT come back to the bargaining table. Why would he? He got his higher scores, he gets to spin it his way, that he offered this raise and it was voted down. We will go four more years under the old contract and then what? They offered more than what the fact finders said AND threw out that nonsense about the dozen unpaid coverages.

Circular 6 is a joke and Bloomy knows that unless you have a homeroom, you're not doing any "professional period". There's no accountability for that and he knows it, and is going after us for it. It ***** but it is what it is.

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I hear what your are saying but... i am still voting agaisnt it. I rather have another couple of yrs of this pay than work extra hours. I believe that if we give in now we will be working until 5pm the next contract that comes out. They have us by the balls and i refuse to let them continue to do this to us. This contract will most likely be voted in regardless but i feel vert strongly about his matter.