UFT Leadership Says No to Strike Readiness; Adds Symbolic Reso to Fight for Lost Calendar – UFT Executive Board Notes, 6-12-2023
Note: Most of tonight’s executive board meeting was an executive session, as is customary for the final executive board meeting of the year. Therefore, I have only reported on that business which was conducted when we were out of session. Summary: In tonight’s executive board meeting, the last s
UFT: Is the 2023-2024 Calendar an attack on our Union?
We’ve had good calendars, and we’ve had less than good calendars. The 2023-2024 calendar, however, is nothing but brutal. What’s worse, there are indications that the calendar could have been just fine, but that the City opted to make decisions that were nothing short of malicious. Let’s loo
Retirees Sue to Halt Forced Switch to Medicare Advantage
Yesterday, the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees initiated a new lawsuit against the City, as reported by the Daily News. Using a complicated mix of legal strategies, the goal of the legal action is ultimately to stop Mayor Adams from switching retired municipal workers—such as UFT membe
Imminent UFT Contract? Healthcare Alternatives, and More: UFT Executive Board Minutes 5-8-2023
Summary/Analysis: I’m getting home a bit late tonight, so just some quick notes/analysis. Open Mic Peter Lamphere: Good evening Executive Board members and UFT siblings… I recently had a second child and have come to even more appreciate the value of our hard-won health care benefits. Not
A Timeline for the UFT Contract: Executive Board Minutes, 4-24-2023
Summary/Analysis: There was some pretty big news tonight on contract. Carl Cambria explained that ideally we’ll have a tentative agreement before Summer. In terms of what’s left, most of what we’re looking at now is workplace-related (negotiations with the DOE). On the City end, the pattern is
Healthcare Rally on Tuesday 4/11/2023 at 12:00 PM
On Tuesday, 4/11/23, at 12:00 PM, a rally is scheduled at City Hall in support of keeping traditional public Medicare. Retired and in-service members alike are urged to attend. Numbers matter. Show the City we aren’t going to just roll over and let them privatize our healthcare.
Who is political? A Further Note on the 3-27-23 Executive Board Meeting (and its aftermath)
At the 3-27-23 executive board meeting, we heard from two working UFT mothers – Ibeth Mejia and Luli Rodriguez, who sought to put some teeth into a mostly symbolic resolution written by members of Unity Caucus. That resolution was about recognizing disproportionate maternal mortality rates. Ibeth
Mulgrew spooks members with a 6:00 AM non-update about taking our GHI
This Monday morning, as we rush into our schools and get our first lessons set up for the week, we also have the pleasure of pondering what the heck Mulgrew is talking about in a bizarre non-update on in-service healthcare, sent out when I assume he and the rest of UFT leadership were still sleeping
UFT/MLC to Greenlight MAP Nuclear Option
Medicare Advantage has arrived in New York, handing over eviction papers to traditional Medicare in the process. UFT bureaucrats are already informing retired members that the plan is imminent. By September, 2023, barring a win from opposition, it’s all but certain that UFT retirees will be ripped
UFT Contract Update and Analysis – Get Ready for a Pay Cut
Bad news abounds on the upcoming UFT contract. Teachers, paraprofessionals, and the rest of our members deserve answers on why. While, I’m bound by NDAs not to disclose what is said in the 500-member negotiating committee, I have more flexibility with information given in the Executive Board, Dele