Sign The Petition Demanding A Membership-Wide Referendum On The Evaluation Agreement

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Some people are under the impression that the UFT rank and file will get the chance to vote on the teacher evaluation agreement that Michael Mulgrew and the UFT leadership are currently negotiating with the NYCDOE.

That is not the case - there will be no up or down vote on the agreement.

Whatever Mulgrew agrees to with the NYCDOE will become the new evaluation system that you will work under.

The MORE caucus is demanding Mulgrew and the UFT put the agreement to a membership-wide referendum.

They have created a petition here that you can sign if you think the membership ought to get a say on the new evaluation agreement.

Here is the text of that petition:

A controversial new teacher evaluation system is under negotiation that will include the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers.One expression of the controversy is that one out of every three principals in New York State has gone on record opposing the state law that provided the framework for the negotiations.Once negotiated, the new system will be the largest change to our working lives in years, greater than the changes in many union contracts.  Yet, there are no plans for a ratification vote by the membership.Therefore, we request a membership-wide referendum on whether to accept the new evaluation system once it is negotiated with the city, after a broad and democratic discussion about the new system within our union.

I urge you to sign that petition and send it to all your colleagues.

It may too late to stop the impending UFT sell-out on evaluations, but if thousands of teachers sign a petition calling for a membership-wide referendum, it will give Mulgrew and the leadership around him pause.