The UFT has an Endorsement Problem

The UFT has a major endorsement problem. In the past, I’ve written recollections and critiques of the usual process. In City elections, small, appointed groups of UFT members/staffers speak to the candidates and select one (sometimes two) to endorse. Later, the Executive Board rubber stamps these

UFT Retirees – Vote Retiree Advocate (RA) in the RTC Election

UFT Town Hall Minutes 5/17/24

Minutes taken by an anonymous NAC member today. Thank you to that member. I’m too busy with the TRS election–which strangely wasn’t discussed tonight, despite many in opposition assuming that was the reason for the townhall’s timing today in the first place–to write my

Top 3 Reasons to Vote for Ben Morgenroth in the TRS Election this Wednesday, May 8.

Ballots will be sent digitally to our DOE emails on Wednesday, May 8. Make sure to check your accounts – and to vote for Ben Morgenroth.

DO YOU HAVE A UFT RETIREE IN YOUR LIFE? PROTECT THEIR HEALTHCARE, YOUR HEALTHCARE, AND OUR DIGNITY!

In what is literally a life or death situation, all UFT Retirees need to vote for the slate RETIREE ADVOCATE in the upcoming Retired Teachers Chapter Election. In a shocking and unforgivable betrayal, Michael Mulgrew and Eric Adams conspire to place all municipal retirees into a trashbag,

On May 8, YOU decide who represents UFT Members on the pension board. I hope you choose Ben. 

This May, everyday UFT members have the rare chance to make a choice for themselves. Most of the time, decision-making in our union is executed behind closed doors by a handful of leaders. Some of those leaders, at least, are elected, albeit barely, in elections that intentionally limit exposure of