The potential conflict in de Blasio’s teacher accord

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By Sally Goldenberg and Dan Goldberg

Despite assurances from leaders of the city teachers' union that members “should not” have to pay more toward their health insurance as a result of their agreement with the de Blasio administration, that remains a possibility.

Both the United Federation of Teachers and City Hall regard it as a last resort, something of a stick to encourage members to find other sources of health care savings to reach the targeted $1.3 billion over four years. But it has not been ruled out, and teachers could be asked to contribute as much as 2 percent of their salary to pay for benefits.

(Overall, that savings must total $3.4 billion for all municipal unions between Fiscal Years 2015 and 2018.)

The administration is confident it can work with the union to find enough savings to avoid the mandated health care contributions.


http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/05/8544974/potential-conflict-de-blasios-teacher-accord

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1. Also, the contract only gives 18% in raises over 11 years. This boils down to 1.6% each year,

which is no more than the inflation rate.

Further, the back pay for the 2009-2014 years will not be paid up until 2020, and there will be no back interest.

And yes, there will likely be health benefits payments, so teachers will actually be worse off than they would have been without a contract.

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2. This stinks.

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3. Carmen Farina: An open letter from the NYC schools chancellor

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/may/09/open-letter-nyc-schools-chancellor/