ATR UPDATE

PLEASE HOLD THE FOLLOWING TWO DATES:

Friday, January 9^th, 2009, @ 4:30pm: The next ATR Support Committee meeting will take place at Hunter College (Hunter West Building 8^th Floor Faculty Lounge). We will discuss the ATR Surveys and plan the next phase of our campaign.

Sunday, January 11^th, 2009, the UFT will hold an “ATRs Network to Work Conference,” which will focus on resume and interview skills building.

This conference, of course, is no solution -- ATR teachers need positions and a job freeze on new hires until all ATRs are placed who want to be. The October 15^th resolution that included the ATR Support Committee’s amendment called for these actions. As of today, the DA Resolution uft.org page still does not display the entire resolution that was carried overwhelmingly by the delegates and reported on in the New York Teacher.

We are pleased to announce that members of the ATR Support Committee will be outside the “ATRs Network to Work Conference” handing out critical information regarding the ATR crisis, including its origins and how to build a resistance movement to push back at the NYC DoE’s corporate restructuring practices. In addition, we will distribute ATR Surveys as part of the second phase of our “Support the ATRs” campaign. These surveys will help us assess the effectiveness of the ATR Side Agreement and hold the UFT and the DoE accountable for it. It will also allow us to continue our effective grass roots organizing plan to educate and activate as many UFTers as possible regarding the ATR debacle. We are a 110 schools and growing. So join us on January 11^th outside the conference and help us connect to a larger contingent of UFTers across NYC.

REMINDER: The next ATR Support Committee meeting will be Friday, January 9 @ 4:30 pm at Hunter College (Hunter West Building 8^th Floor Faculty Lounge).