We have initial slate only numbers for the high schools and the middle schools in the UFT election and although Unity and New Action will hold onto their monopoly on power, the new Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) established itself as the main opposition group in the secondary schools by a wide margin.
Here are the slate numbers for the 2013 and 2010 elections in the secondary schools.
2013 High Schools Ballots Returned: 3808 Votes Counted: 3595
MORE: 1430 (40%) NEW ACTION: 452 (13%) UNITY: 1592 (45%)
The remainder are people who split their ballot.
2010 High Schools Votes Counted: 5203
ICE-TJC: 1369 NEW ACTION: 774 UNITY: 2595
2013 Middle Schools Ballots Returned: 1879 Votes Counted: 17886
MORE: 398 NEW ACTION: 161 UNITY:1185
The remainder are people who split their ballot.
2010 Middle Schools: Slate Votes Counted: 2881
ICE-TJC: 248 NEW ACTION: 421 UNITY: 1981
2013 Functionals (non teachers) Ballots Returned: 7704 Ballots Counted: 7113
MORE: 951 NEW ACTION: 754 UNITY: 5167
The remainder are people who split their ballot
The retirees and elementary schools - reliable Unity voting blocs - have yet to be counted and Unity will win by a wide margin as usual.
But if you look at the returns from the high schools and middle schools, you see New Action and Unity losing a lot of support and MORE gaining a little more support in the high schools and a lot more support in the middle schools.
Not enough to win, of course, but enough to make it clear that many in the middle and high schools think something is rotten with the current leadership.
As James wrote:
In addition, Mulgrew's vote will more than likely drop in a major way compared to 2010 among active UFT members. It appears many members did not vote for the opposition but they certainly didn't vote for the incumbent. For the next election, those members need to be persuaded to vote.
He also wonders how it is that New Action can get 13% of the vote and get three executive board seats while MORE can win 40% of the vote and get none.
Of course that's a rhetorical question from Mr. Eterno.
The answer is obvious - because Mulgrew and the Unity/New Action leadership have the fix in.
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