Thursday, March 30, 2023

UNITY ATTEMPTING TO SUPPRESS OUR LAWFUL PETITION CALLING FOR A MEMBER VOTE ON CHANGES TO HEALTHCARE

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Unity is in panic mode over our petition to get a member vote on any significant healthcare changes. Thousands have already signed. You don...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

UNITY AT EXECUTIVE BOARD VOTES AGAINST IMPROVING PARENTAL-FAMILY LEAVE BENEFITS

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Unity Caucus (Michael Mulgrew's faction of the UFT) will pretty much oppose any proposal that the opposition comes up with unless it is ...
Monday, March 27, 2023

BRIEF REVIEW OF UFT CONTRACT AND CITY LAW ON HEALTHCARE

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Michael Mulgrew sent an email early this morning to active UFT members on healthcare (see below). He must have seen our petition calling fo...
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Saturday, March 25, 2023

LOS ANGELES SUPPORT WORKERS END STRIKE GETTING 30% RAISES; PETITION FOR A VOTE ON UFT MEMBER HEALTHCARE CHANGES GETS 1,200 SIGNATURES IN WEEK ONE

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The LA school worker possibly illegal strike that the teachers joined in sympathy is over. There is a tentative agreement that still needs ...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

PRESS COVERAGE OF PETITION FOR A VOTE ON CHANGING OUR HEALTHCARE; LA TEACHERS JOIN STRIKE IN SYMPATHY WITH LOWER PAID UNION WORKERS WHILE UNITY-UFT STALWART QUESTIONS IF TEACHER STRIKES ARE ANTIQUATED

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We've already had press coverage of our petition to get a UFT member referendum on significant changes to our healthcare plans. This is...
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Sunday, March 19, 2023

SIGN AND SPREAD PETITION TO GET A MEMBER VOTE ON CHANGING HEALTHCARE

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The UFT is not a dictatorship although sometimes the leadership acts like it is. Some of us came together to form UFT Members for Premium-Fr...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

LIVE BLOGGING FROM MARCH 2023 DA

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 I was there on the call on time today. Michael Mulgrew called the meeting to order at around 4:18 pm. President's Report Federal We kno...
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Sunday, March 12, 2023

THINK OUTSIDE THE DANIELSON RUBRIC

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Georgia Lignou is Chapter Leader at Bryant High School. We should start a conversation on teachers getting their freedom to teach back. In 2...
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NY TIMES COVERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SWITCH; MARIANNE'S CURRENT MUST SEE VIDEOS

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The NY Times has a long piece on Medicare Advantage. It is behind a paywall but you can view it here  thanks to a gift article from someone....
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Thursday, March 09, 2023

MLC APPROVES MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION IN WEIGHTED VOTE BUT WITH 25 DISSENTING UNIONS AND MANY OTHERS ABSTAINING OR NOT SHOWING

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The Municipal Labor Committee roll call vote of the City unions shows that there were many dissenting unions who voted against Aetna's p...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2023

MARIANNE PIZZITOLA ANSWERS VINCE GAGLIONE MISINFORMATION; COPAYS DOUBLED TO $100 FOR CITYMD

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 It's a busy news day today.  Last evening, someone on the Retire Healthcare Committee forwarded us an email from Chair and Unity stalwa...
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RETIREES MARCH AND RALLY AGAINST MEDICARE DISADVANTAGE THURSDAY

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  NYC PUBLIC SECTOR RETIREE DAILY NEWS AD Media Advisory For March 9 th 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION NO Medicare Dis-A...
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