Saturday, December 31, 2022

URGENT CALL TO ACTION, TO SAVE NYC RETIREE PREMIUM FREE PUBLIC MEDICARE

This email from the NYC Organization of Public Sector Retirees came late last night. It looks like the battle to stop Mulgrewcare will take place quickly at the City Council in January.

Hello Everyone!  

It appears the MLC has been working overtime like the Grinch.    
This is a call to arms.
Please reserve on your calendar the FOLLOWING dates: 
January 4, 9, 10, 19th. YOU MAY BE ASKED 
TO CONVENE AT CITY HALL ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE DATES. We will update you next week.

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO IN THIS EMAIL.

It explains that Council Member Carmen DeLaRosa, Chair of Civil Service & Labor and Speaker Adrienne Adams will bring the MLC Admin Code amendment to the floor on Wednesday January 4th.  YOU MUST ACT NOW and tell them NOT to amend the Administrative code and remind them the Scheinman paper they all think is arbitration is NOT.   It was paid propaganda and his OPINION,  and it is NOT legally binding.   EMAIL EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, a sample script is below!

This is the list of Council Members. Click to open!  Make sure you send emails to CM Carmen DeLa Rosa and Speaker Adrienne Adams when you email all the others!

If you are on Twitter or Instagram find us and share our message. @NYCRETIREES
Next week we will advise you the next steps. SHARE THIS MESSAGE!

Yours in TRUE Solidarity, 
The NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees

PS:   In addition to our private FaceBook Group, we created a PUBLIC Page so you can share our messages! https://www.facebook.com/NYCRetirees 


If you need a sample script when emailing or calling the Council.

We have been advised that Civil Service and Labor Chair Carmen DeLaRosa and Speaker Adrienne Adams will be bringing the MLC Administrative Code Modification to the City Council floor on Wednesday January 4th at NOON. YOU HAVE HOMEWORK EMAIL City COUNCIL, especially CM DeLaRosa and Speaker Adrienne Adams (the Full list is here: https://mcusercontent.com/036ef3a3db4831f1dc593990d/files/df85df38-69ff-72b6-9621-fe82156dc2d4/Council_Member_List.pdf ) A sample Email: 

Hi! My name is_____________ and I am a retiree/ (if you are active/in-service say that!). 
We want you to know the Scheinman report is NOT a “ruling”, it’s an opinion and IS NOT BINDING! It’s paid propaganda and they’re hoping the city council falls for it… it is not a decision, it is not a ruling, it is not an award!! The retirees have identified at least $300 million in savings. OMB knows about some of these savings options, and has NOT implemented them NOR informed the city council… and OMB is unaware of others! Which is worse? HOW CAN THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL MAKE A DECISION IF THEY ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY INFORMED BY OMB? DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGE TO THE AMINISTRATIVE CODE! 

Please reach out to the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees for real facts! The MLC doesn't want you to know they sold off ALL of our healthcare for raises! Yes, that includes you! Please remember this as we go into the New Year. 

Happy New Year! AND DO NOT AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 12-126!

Signed, 

YOUR NAME AND YEAR/AGENCY YOU RETIRED or Where you work
URGENT MESSAGE!!  YOU NEED TO ACT!


 

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Your friends, and retirees in SOLIDARITY...

The NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees

2 comments:

Quinn Zannoni said...

In December's NY Teacher, Tom Murphy explains Mulgrew's reasoning when he says the City is "threatening our collective bargaining rights":

"Justice Lyle Frank's decision effectively eliminated the authority of the MLC to bargain collectively with the city on health care. He said the city had no obligation to offer a choice of health care plans."

According to Marian Pizzitola, the City can't unilaterally eliminate GHI Senior Care without the MLC agreeing to it, thus the Judge's opinion isn't valid and the UFT could sue if the City took the nuclear option (i.e. eliminating SeniorCare). The fact is, amending Administrative Code 12-126 does nothing to preserve collective bargaining over healthcare -- it just avoids the conflict over collective bargaining altogether by conceding to the City what they want.

Quinn Zannoni said...

Also, in the "President's Perspective" column in December's NY Teacher, Mulgrew addresses specific areas for healthcare savings that far exceed the $600 million required, including, "a bill that would establish an Office of Healthcare Accountability. The office would require all city hospitals to disclose the cost of medical procedures, and it would audit city spending on employee-related health care costs. [...] The city could be overpaying private hospitals by as much as $2.4 billion a year..."

If the union acknowledges that there are other better, viable, cost-saving options that don't require concessions on the part of UFT members, why is this not the chief issue that the union mobilizes around?