Teachers Unite with Rank and File Leaders

Objectives: To build a rank and file force, independent of Unity (UFT leadership caucus), that effectively fights for teachers, our students, our schools, social justice and human rights.

Meetings: First Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm

Membership Roles:

i.     Participate: Bring Concerns, Brainstorm Solutions, Strategize, Propose Ideas    

ii.   Facilitate Meetings

iii. Prepare Logistics for Upcoming Meetings

iv.  Conduct Outreach to New Members

Purpose:

i.     Bring questions about chapters to colleagues and experienced union activists (mobilizing colleagues, workplace rights, addressing problems with administration, etc.), and

ii.   Strategize organizing around a citywide issue (building a social justice platform for the 2010 UFT elections, introducing resolutions at the Delegate Assembly, coordinating chapter actions, etc.)