Union elections have consequences. One of those consequences is apparently getting your healthcare and retirement benefits stripped away without a membership vote.
Today, the Municipal Labor Commission (MLC) voted to force hundreds of thousands of retirees off of traditional public Medicare and onto one of two privatized Medicare Advantage Plans (MAPs). (Full analysis of those two plans and the UFT’s role: here). Most of the City unions did not vote in f
Winner-Take-All is Undemocratic
The United Federation of Teachers sends hundreds of delegates to the New York State United Teachers Representative Assembly and to the American Federation of Teachers Convention. And of those hundreds of delegates, all, every one, vote exactly the same way on every issue. The UFT has Vice Presidents
Abusive? Unqualified? Both? – The Office of Adult and Continuing Education
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the April 2014 Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: April 2014 Leaflet Front 2014 and back Most New Yorkers are unaware that thousands of adults across the City attend free ESL, GED, and job training programs run by the NYC Office of Adult
UFT Executive Board Resolution: Election of District Representatives
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the April 2014 Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: April 2014 Leaflet Front 2014 and back The following is drawn from a resolution, motivated by New Action’s Jonathan Halabi at the Executive Board meeting of April 7, 2014. Before any di
From the Archives – June 2003 – Appointment of District Reps
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the January 2014 Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: January 2014 Leaflet FROM THE ARCHIVES – June 2003 The Department of Education is likely returning to a geographically-based organizational structure. The UFT will be making that as a r