Interesting profile of Michael Mulgrew in today's NYT.
President of my union. Also interesting that they ran it on the front page. Usually positive stuff about UFT is buried in the back... if it's covered at all.
Mulgrew's done a pretty good job at holding the line against a relentlessly anti-teacher, anti-union administration. Frankly, I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised. I thought he'd be bought off or otherwise domesticated in some other fashion by now. Bloomberg's billions are very hard to contend with.
>>>>>The courtship of Mr. Mulgrew is symptomatic of a broader phenomenon. Labor leaders are eagerly anticipating a better relationship with City Hall after Mr. Bloomberg leaves office at the end of next year, and the candidates to succeed him are fostering those hopes partly because they are ideologically more aligned with labor, and partly because they are hoping for the financial and electoral support that can come from union members. Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire who financed his own campaigns, did not take contributions from labor.>>>>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/nyregion/michael-mulgrew-teachers-union-chief-is-wooed-by-mayor-candidates.html?_r=1
