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Bid to Topple Mulgrew in Next UFT Election

By DAN ROSENBLUM
Posted 10/5/15

With an officer election six months away, two coalitions of union activists have begun forming slates to challenge United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.

Last month, two dissident slates—the Movement of Rank and File Educators and the New Action Caucus—announced a plan to run a joint team of candidates to challenge the union’s leadership and gain executive-board seats. Staten Island Teacher Francesco Portelos, an activist who has sued to open School Leadership Teams to the public, is also running for president on the UFT Solidarity Caucus ticket.

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