About time! Many NYC teachers are Jewish, and I never figured out why they were giving to something that went out of its way to support antisemitic people and movements. Being leftist trumps everything, I guess.
That said, the worst and most aggressive and violent union in Mexico, and the one that is holding the whole country back, is the teachers’ union. Corrupt as the day is long, and extremely powerful and ready to riot at the drop of a sombrero. The UFT is obviously trying for this same presence in NYC.
First they collaborate hand in hand with Mayor Commie for a truly horrific contract which, among other things, singles out a particular segment of NYC teachers for the worst job placement opportunities and deprives them of their due process rights despite their paying the same dues as other teachers. Then, willy-nilly, they announce that they are participating in this Al Sharpton demonstration event using OUR MONEY to pay for flyers, transportation to the event, etc. without so much as informing the teachers, let alone asking if this is want they want. They dare to protest what they consider prejudice while incorporating prejudice against a certain group of teachers right in the contract!
Therefore, teachers (those who are not libtards) are letting the union know that they are seriously ticked off at this immensely cavalier misuse of their money by cancelling their COPE deductions from their paychecks. Those of us who cancelled months ago intended the cancellation to protest the aforementioned devisive contract. Either way, hitting them in the pocketbook is a way to communicate displeasure with the union's actions that they might at last listen to, because they have not been very responsive to the expressed concerns of members as of late. The moron Mulgrew has taken it into his pumpkin head that being elected president of the union (with only about a fifth of teachers voting) means he can do what he wants with the union's name and the teachers' money. In this case, it means sullying our name by linking it to Sharpton.