Posts tagged Mike Mulgrew

    News Article ● Labor Unions

    Powerful NYC teachers union endorses Zohran Mamdani despite radical take on mayoral control of schools

    July 10, 2025 // The United Federation of Teachers’ resolution recommending Mamdani’s endorsement applauded his pledge of “revamping mayoral control [of schools] to give more say to educators and parents.” Mamdani’s education platform “supports an end to mayoral control” in favor of “co-governance.”

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Corruption Labor Unions

    Op-Ed: Mayor Adams seeks to pour more good money after bad in surrender to teaching unions before election

    December 2, 2024 // This is madness: The city Department of Education spends about $30,000 per student; there’s no reason to spend even more on schools that are teaching ever-fewer kids. No reason except for the fact that those schools would need to lay off teachers to meet their new budgets, and the UFT is outraged at the thought of losing a dime in dues.

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