BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Yonkers Federation of Teachers Ratify 3-Year Contract By HEZI ARIS

YONKERS, NY -- January 4, 2013 -- Fiscal constraints, political pressure, a new evaluation procedure were all kept at bay as the Yonkers Federation of Teachers (YFT) President Pat Puleo and Yonkers Board of Education (YBoE) Public School Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio hammered out an agreement before, during, and after the New Year hiatus. Raspy voices could not hide the effort undertaken to reach the ratification agreed upon by the respective leadership and the rank and file. The approval margin for the 3-year contract coalesced on paper on Wednesday, underwent the process of being prepared for disbursement among the union membership this Friday (January 4, 2013) morning, and garnered a 5 – 1 approval majority. The ratification process approved that which was agreed upon, that is zero this first year, 1.5 percent increase the second and third years, the prospect of adding an additional 16 teacher support specialist staff in February, and a further 8 more in July.

 The Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) which was part of the ratified agreement affords New York State no obstacles to deliver over $10 million in state funding to the YBoE through the City of Yonkers and also allows for an additional $7 million in grant money for which they may apply unencumbered.

Comments

[eatthismike]

Well I guess there's no chance of little Mike Spano getting the Firefighters to agree to any givebacks now. He should have signed on the dotted line when the Firefighters were willing to help him and the City out. Not any more.

[great contract]

at this rate youll be working for minimum wage before long . as i read 1 1 1 for tree years if correct you should not be allowed to teach math, polical science, business law, or any other recognized discipline ... because you do not know those disciplines and thus are not capable of teaching something you dont know?

[eatthismike]

This equates to:

A zero percent increase from July 2011 - July 2012 (he Mike Spano, that means no retroactive raises for this time period)

And 1.5 percent increase from July 2012 - July 2013 (hey Mike Spano, that means it's retroactive for the past 6 months and the teachers will be getting retroactive raises)

And another 1.5 percent increase from July 2013 - July 2014 (you figure this one out Mike Spano)

In addition to these contractual raises all of the teachers will also continue to receive their annual step increases in salary which amount to an additional one to three percent increase (Don't even waste your time trying to figure that one out Mike Spano)

I thought the BOE was projecting millions of dollars in shortages for this year and next year. Where are they going to come up with the money to pay for these raises and step increases? How many millions of dollars in concessions did the teachers agree to in exchange for these raises? (Hey Mike, turn off sesame street and pay attention)

[a bomb]

gmc207 agmc 207c try this on the other side of the court can you read mike ? can you interpet the law if not have your snatch lawyer read it to you and interpret it for you it is the a bomb

[Anon]

Is this a surprise when the union was silent about Pierozios contract?

[anon]

$25,000 per student. Graduation rate a disgrace. Hey lets give everybody a raise and add even more disfunction. Welcome to Spanoville!

[When will it end?]

This is not isolated to just Yonkers.

This is a nationwide epidemic that has been carefully planned for over 50-years. Only recently, have people begun to wake up and see that it is too late.

“Keep the masses stupid, distracted, and entertained, and we will have total control over them without them even knowing what we have done to them.”

[ned anderson]

The Black hole widens. The Yonkers school system is sucking the federal and state tax dollars into an abyss. All other unions are a pimple on their arses.

[Three sides to truth]

I guess the secret is out about why teachers union was quiet with super..
I thought we were looking at 100 million in the hole?

[Blue Thruth]

A Failed Leader

The saga continues for the “rogue” P.B.A. President Keith Olson and his
two longtime allies, Captain John Mueller of the 4th Police Precinct and
Detective Sergeant Brian Moran of the Detective Division. In less than a
year Olson will ultimately have to answer to the membership for his
self-serving unscrupulous ways.
Olson and his two mates are lame duck figures that are definitely
struggling with their image, and credibility among their peers. They
seem to wandering around the department as if they contracted the
Bubonic plague, and for good reasons. This disdain for Olson and his foe
is very strong and evident, and well deserved.
Imagine if you were the union head of the Yonkers Police Department and
nobody trusted you? How could anyone take you serious? How could you
advocate for your member if they don’t trust you as a leader. Perhaps
Olson should had sought some advice before he embarked on his path to
target members of his own union, as well as members of the Captains,
Lieutenants, and Sergeants Associations to further his own political
agenda which included Mueller, and Moran as to control the day to day
operations of the department, with the intent of ultimately securing
higher positions.

However, under the previous Police Commissioner, they were able to do
just that! They were able to indirectly bypass rules and regulations by
aiding and informing him where to make the necessary cuts on its
members, while members from his own board were racking up overtime. The
overtime records are clearly evident of that for 2010 and 2011. They
premeditate, and coordinate this by: writing letters to the city council
members offering the elimination of positions within the police
departments both unions, as well as Local 456 representing the
Detention Officers, all without the professional courtesy of informing
other unions that they perceived as potential “whistle blowers”, or
“political adversaries”, and in some cases had them discipline;
verbally threaten members from both unions with physical harm; copied,
searched and removed official police records in furtherance of targeting
personnel. In fact, there are Internal Affairs complaints pending, and a
department memorandum dated December 10, 2012 that addresses the
unauthorized internal investigations. That should catch the eye of the
District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit, as well as kindle the
interest of the press.

I would think that these fellows have a lot to worry about then going
around the city using spray paint to remove writing that refers to them
as rodents. Why don’t we tell them where the word “trustworthiness” is?
Well ok, if they look on the bottom of your shoes, they may find it.

Sign
“Blue Truth”

[threesidesto truth]

Back to facts, where is the BOE getting the money for raises? Are we cutting positions or raising taxes? Last I saw we were headed toward 100 million in the red? Is it still true? Mr Govenor are you bailing out yonkers this year? Perozio is pretty good, got the teachers to back off at his contract and now the payoff pitch. He should be removed from the process.

[threesidesto truth]

Hello, here we have it for the yonkers taxpayers, raises when we are looking at millions in the red for next year, the year after that etc.
Why no comments about where the money will come from. The way I understood it there would be tax increases plus cuts in school and city services just to keep the employees status quo, and here we have raises.
Whom is kidding whom here Mayor, Superintendant,?
Are all of you so full of it that you cant remember what you said two months ago because it does not suit your needs now. Or were you always lying?
Is it true that most of the people who post are city employees and thats why there seems to be no interest on this post except for how it may impact the other unions?

[FrankieBullets]

If you don't like Keith run
against him in the next election.
Then you could straighten things
out.

[threesidesto truth]

Anybody care about the cost factor here?

[ned anderson]

The money will come from the municipal side of the budget thats why the Mayor has to cut the P.D. and F.D. OT and eliminate dpw jobs. This has been done for years in the city of yonkers. I would love for one of the SPANO friends and family clan post the total budget so we can see where the money really goes instead of posting innuendos.

[threesidesto truth]

I have seen the city budget, it is rather well written if you can follow the codes, it takes a bit of work. THE THING THAT IS NOT FORTHCOMING IS THE SCHOOL BUDGET IN ITEMIZED FORM>. Until they get a handle on this we are sunk.

[threesidesto truth]

Thanks for the input Ned, at first glance you are correct. School side bigger, municipal side smaller. Easy Math. Problem one is how did we allow the boe to reup a contract for a super. who feels he dosent have to tell us how he spends our money. And the council is good with that? The mayors reform is good with that?
Did amicones investigation/lawsuit to get this info just pass away?
Spano wanted to have transparency he should have started here at the school budget. As he appoints replacements if he can, require them to be on the side of exposing the budget at the least.