“Mulgrew also urged members to give up on trying to get a better deal.” Get back to the table and renegotiate a better and fair contract, now UFT! thecity.nyc/2023/7/28/2381…

It's the job of UFT leadership to improve working conditions. Instead, they fight for inferior health care for retirees, and inferior pay for OT/PT members. thecity.nyc/2023/7/28/2381…

UFT leadership should be helping OT/PTs organize to get a better deal. Instead, they are doing everything they can to undermine this possibility - and for selfish political gain. newaction.org/2023/07/28/the…

Former Illinois teachers union president, Fred Klonsky, opines: “That a union needs constitutional language that says “no means no” may seem crazy. But it’s not crazy when you have union leaders like Michael Mulgrew.” Read his latest: fredklonsky.substack.com/p/no-means-no-…

As a parent with SWD, our related services providers are essential. The staffing shortages we have already experienced will be made worse if the UFT railroads them into another inequity contract that will not address the COLA increase needed to allow OTs/PTs to keep their jobs

Devaluing related service staff devalues our disabled students. UFT will send a clear message to children and families if they don’t pass an equitable contract, “you don’t care about students with disabilities.”

When UFT leadership hears no from a group, they break it up, count some as presumed yeses, and make the rest revote until they get yes for an answer. newaction.org/2023/08/04/mul…

UFT is directing a chapter of school therapists that rejected a tentative contract agreement w/ the city to take a revote — a move seen by some members as anti-democratic and that led the chapter leader to resign nydailynews.com/new-york/educa…

This is a disgrace. UFT leadership rejects democracy, supports convenience and Mayor Adams instead of membership. 🧵🧵🧵

UFT Members to Revote on Contract They Rejected After ‘Undemocratic’ Mulgrew Split a Chapter - claudia irizarry aponte The City thecity.nyc/2023/8/8/23825…

Retirees win! "Respondents are permanently enjoined from requiring any City retirees, and their dependents from being removed from their current health insurance plan(s), and from being required to either enroll in an Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan..." newaction.org/2023/08/11/mul…

Judge ‘Permanently’ Bans Medicare Advantage Switch for City Retirees THE CITY claudia irizarry aponte thecity.nyc/health/2023/8/…

Teachers unions across the country are organizing alongside community members, striking, and advancing an agenda that benefits teachers, students, and the entire working class. Not so in my union, New York City’s United Federation of Teachers. jacobin.com/2023/08/united…

This update from PSC/CUNY⁩ members is leaking the details abt the bids from ⁦Aetna⁩ & ⁦UnitedHealthcare⁩-⁦EmblemHealth⁩ for what would be the new healthcare plan for city workers Both concerns are very much on the table & we should be alarmed psc-cuny.org/clarion/2023/d…

Sign the petition here: petition.fixparapay.org New York City public school paraprofessionals/para-educators play an essential and invaluable role in our school communities by providing accessible, quality educational and support services to all of our schoolchildren. And yet,

🚨 How many NYC Public Schools para vacancies are there in our schools? Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos Nathaniel Styer Hundreds of students are not receiving their mandated services w/o full-time qualified paras! Now as the results of the FIX PARA PAY survey begin to come in… over 56% of active paras (500+

MEET THE FIX PARA PAY SLATE LET’S GOOOOOO! A community of union proud and union strong paras is excited to announce the candidates for the 2024 citywide UFT para chapter election. Mail-in ballots for the 2024 citywide UFT paraprofessional chapter elections will be mailed out on

Vote for Retiree Advocate when your ballot comes in the mail in May. Your life might depend on it!

If you are a UFT retiree or you know a UFT retiree, this next RETIRED TEACHERS CHAPTER (RTC) is a chance to take our union back from Mulgrew’s dangerous agenda with our healthcare. Vote for the RETIREE ADVOCATE SLATE for the RTC chapter. Voting takes place 5/10 to 6/13. Mail

NYC paras deserve a LIVING WAGE, a FAIR CONTRACT and RESPECT. We are seeing hundreds of vacancies citywide and thousands of children are NOT being serviced or are being underserved because of shortages. For way too long the City of New York and NYC Public Schools have ignored this