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Updated Oct. 29, 2009 The United Federation of Teachers is New York City's teachers' union, and one of the most powerful labor unions in the country. The union has had a pretty good relationship with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg since he took office in 2002. The union's presidency has been filled ...
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Teachers' Union Chief Walks Tightrope in Regard to Bloomberg
City Room —
... with the old one about to expire, Michael Mulgrew, who became the president of the United Federation of Teachers last spring, is walking a tightrope in terms of criticizing the Bloomberg administration while making nice with the mayor himself. On Wednesday night, he joined Mayor ...
Did Hillary's Election Strategy Work Two Years Too Late?
The New Republic blogs —
... would have swung into town, the United Federation of Teachers would break for Thompson and Mike Bloomberg would not be mayor today. On Election Day, this adviser said, everybody woke up and saw what we saw. We are lucky to have seen it first. Some of this, of course, could just be spin/ass-covering by Bloomberg's team of highly paid advisers, who undoubtedly feel the need to justify their paychecks after eking out a surprisingly narrow victory. But, if the Bloomberg team really did know their guy was vulnerable and managed to bluff everyone into thinking that he wasn't, ...
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