mike mulgrew
Retired NYC teachers toss out union prez's crew in furor over Medicare coverage
Retired city educators furious over proposed changes to their health care have toppled a union slate allied with powerful United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.
Teachers union goes AWOL in fight to keep migrant shelters out of schools
Mayor Eric Adams has now let public-school gyms and libraries warehouse newly arrived migrants.
Parents of NYC: Stand up against the UFT's stealth bid to control your Community Education Council
The DOE may be extending the deadline to apply to be a Community Education Council candidate, allowing a chance for concerned parents who aren't in thrall to the United Federation...
Hochul sides with hospital lobby over insurers, labor in pay dispute
Gov. Kathy Hochul is following the lead of her predecessor Andrew Cuomo -- by siding with the powerful hospital industry in a fight over medical billing payments.
Teacher unions' outrageous, cynical drive to dodge the blame for keeping schools closed
Getting New York City's schools fully reopened is a huge challenge, United Federation of Teachers boss MIke Mulgrew suggests in the Daily News, because "as many as one-third of parents"...
Yang was right the first time: UFT preventing schools from reopening
What a way not to show independence: Mayoral wannabe Andrew Yang just withdrew his spot-on criticism of the United Federation of Teachers because ... UFT boss Mike Mulgrew told him...
When did NY elect its teachers union boss supreme leader?
Excuse me, but who died and made United Federation of Teachers honcho Mike Mulgrew both supreme leader and chief scientist of New York? Last week, the Centers for Disease Control...
Outrageous demands, illegal threats from teachers-union chief Mike Mulgrew
Bare weeks before city schools reopen, United Federation of Teachers boss Michael Mulgrew dropped an 11th-hour bomb — demanding testing of the system’s 1.3 million students and staff before doors...
NYC's DOE has given up on education during coronavirus lockdown
How many of the city’s 1.1 million K-12 students are actually receiving live instruction amid the lockdown? The city Department of Education can’t say. And don’t even think of asking...
Teachers' union boss launches campaign against Cuomo Medicaid plan
Powerful teachers' union boss Mike Mulgrew summoned lawmakers to a closed-door strategy session Friday to fight Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plan, which would shift more of the growing costs of...
Heastie proves he's in the teachers union's pocket
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie couldn’t make it more plain that he’s thoroughly in the pocket of the teachers unions: On Tuesday, he will join United Federation of Teachers chief Michael...
Money for nothing: the ugly truth about NYC's schools
The feds report that New York’s public schools are awash in cash, a conclusion impossible to dispute. Now the question becomes this: When it comes to education spending, how much...
Teachers union spent millions on baseball, retreats and food
It takes more than just a shiny apple to satisfy the city’s teachers union, which is spending member dues at a furious pace. The United Federation of Teachers has blown...
Teachers union boss says DOE's investigative unit must be probed
In a rare shot leveled at the de Blasio administration, teachers-union boss Mike Mulgrew on Friday blasted the performance of the Department of Education’s in-house investigative unit. It’s the same...
A new low for New York's teacher-evaluation farce
New York’s teacher-evaluation farce hit a new low this week: Merryl Tisch, head of the state Board of Regents, on Wednesday kicked the can another year down the road. The...
Opt in, New York
The No. 1 lie pitched to New York parents on this month’s Common Core exams is that this is “high-stakes testing.” Sorry — for the kids, the stakes are zero....
Teachers of New York, revolt! Nothing to lose but your shame
For all The Post’s differences with the Transit Workers Union over the years, there’s this: If the TWU and its head, John Samuelson, weren’t running the subways, but Michael Mulgrew’s...
The unions' latest lie: Wall Street trying to 'take over' NYC schools
New York’s education cartel has been set back on its heels by a new breed of reformers, and the unions need someone to blame. The result? Anti-reformers have trotted out...
Mr. Mulgrew's neighborhood
Mike Mulgrew, please tell us the exact amount you have in mind. By that we mean exactly how much the United Federation of Teachers president reckons it would cost the...
Bill's big deal
Remember the “historic” labor deal Mayor de Blasio reached with the United Federation of Teachers? You know, the one that awarded teachers back pay but was supposed to be a...