Buffalo Teachers Federation Announces Affiliation Agreement with NYSUT
Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore informed his members today that the local union has reached an affiliation agreement with the newly merged New York State United Teachers (NYSUT).
Rumore has long threatened to take his union independent rather than join a merged NEA/AFT state affiliate, but concessions from NYSUT, as well as the active intervention of NEA President Reg Weaver and General Counsel Bob Chanin, persuaded Rumore to test the waters.
"We are recommending affiliating for a year and then an evaluation of that affiliation after one year," Rumore wrote. "This gives us all the opportunity to see how this works out."
Evidently BTF members will get an up-or-down vote on the agreement during an all-member meeting on September 20th.
Rumore has long threatened to take his union independent rather than join a merged NEA/AFT state affiliate, but concessions from NYSUT, as well as the active intervention of NEA President Reg Weaver and General Counsel Bob Chanin, persuaded Rumore to test the waters.
"We are recommending affiliating for a year and then an evaluation of that affiliation after one year," Rumore wrote. "This gives us all the opportunity to see how this works out."
Evidently BTF members will get an up-or-down vote on the agreement during an all-member meeting on September 20th.
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