Comments on: A defiant Mulgrew says union won’t wait for Bloomberg’s exit

By: Mr. Flerporillo

Mr. Flerporillo — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:43:00 +0000

@4cdce9a16fc5835beb452cf87325fabc:disqus – Sure, the policy is terrible, but what really gets me is that Walcott didn’t applaud. I’ve never heard anything like it!

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:55:00 +0000

“After more than a decade at war with Mayor Bloomberg.”

How quickly the 20 percent raise and 25/55 are forgotten. Having received that, and copped this attitude, the union isn’t just at war with Bloomberg. He didn’t pay for it.

By: Tiredofyou

Tiredofyou — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:21:00 +0000

Flerpi is not what you think he is

By: Tiredofyou

Tiredofyou — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:17:00 +0000

careful he’s playing you.

By: Copernicus

Copernicus — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:59:00 +0000

Not really, but it was slightly refreshing to see Mulgrew exhibit a spine for at least a few minutes.

By: Copernicus

Copernicus — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:57:00 +0000

You’re absolutely right, we, as a union of professionals, should demand an apology for the absolute and utter failure that has been the Bloomberg/Klein/Black/Walcott education legacy.

By: R.I.P. Richmond Hill

R.I.P. Richmond Hill — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:32:00 +0000

Does anyone have any confidence in this union anymore?

By: I noticed that...

I noticed that... — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:24:00 +0000

I feel that it has been a decade of union compromises, contractual sell-outs, and depletion of union rights.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:23:00 +0000

A decade of war? HAH

By: Mr. Flerporillo

Mr. Flerporillo — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:18:00 +0000

Right, Walcott is immature and has no class because he didn’t applaud when Mulgrew attacked Bloomberg’s education policy. You should demand an apology. It’s just outrageous, what that classless man did. The arrogance! I just can’t believe that he had the gall to not applaud!

http://www.necn.com/05/12/12/NYC-schools-chief-sits-as-union-head-bla/landing_politics.html?&apID=b8c06c9c2874456892da92b0cbc567d9

NEW YORK (AP) — Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott sat silently behind teachers union chief Michael Mulgrew on Saturday as Mulgrew gave Walcott’s boss, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an F for his education policies.

Mulgrew told more than 1,000 union members attending the United Federation of Teachers’ spring conference that Bloomberg has presided over “a decade of disaster.”

“It’s almost as if we’re running a shadow government to make up for the failures of the management that is not there for our school system,” Mulgrew said.

Walcott, seated on the dais, was one of the few people in the Manhattan hotel banquet hall who did not applaud when Mulgrew held up a sheet of paper with an F for the mayor.

By: Rocko

Rocko — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:22:00 +0000

OK, I don’t want to sound like a sourpuss, but what does the UFT giving $300,000 to one school have to do with winning a “war” with Bloomberg? I don’t think he or Walcott really cares if the UFT wants to donate some of their own money to a school. I personally would like to see that money used to hire more lawyers to continue to fight on school closings, new teacher evaluation system abuses, and the coming lawsuits that will focus on special education placements.

By: Copernicus

Copernicus — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:49:00 +0000

“Sitting just a few feet away from Mulgrew during the speech was Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who declined to applaud with the rest of the hundreds of other parents, teachers and elected officials in the audience.”
How telling, immature and classless is this behavior? If it’s not my rules I’m not playing.
The arrogance of Bloomberg and Walcott is truly mind numbing, especially when the two wield so much power over students’ and teachers’ lives. Not that I think that Mulgrew is such a prize but everything he said was true and valid. The programs he is proposing are a definite upgrade and yet Walcott’s arrogance will not allow him to concede the point. Pathetic.