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The Good, Bad and Ugly - The NYC Para Bill

A deep dive into the UFT and City Council's $10k pay plan for paraprofessionals.

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The Respect Check Passes: A Temporary Victory Built By Pressure - And the Unfinished Fight.

How rank-and-file pressure pushed paraprofessional pay from a union fight to a City Hall vote—and why the legislation remains temporary, non-pensionable…

Jul 19 • Educators of NYC

The Newly Revised UFT Para Bill: The Promise That Kept Shrinking

How the UFT sold a permanent para pay index that would seek to offset pattern bargaining—and ended up with a temporary one-year payment. And only if it…

Jul 11 • Educators of NYC

Urgent: The Bill Passed, But Still Not Signed by Governor. The Fight for Union Democracy & Free Speech Continues.

The NYS Legislature passed the Union Communications bill. The debate and fight for it to be amended is far from over. We must take action, now!

Jun 5 • Educators of NYC

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Tell Albany to Protect Union Democracy

The NYS Legislature is moving quickly. Help ensure New York protects both labor organizations and the democratic rights of the workers they represent.

Jun 3 • Educators of NYC

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Three Pillars of Abject Failure

Published on Union Matters • Jul 6

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Tonight’s the Night: Join the Fix Retiree Benefits Organizing Town Hall at 7 PM

Hundreds have registered already! There's still time and space to register.

Published on FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT • Jun 28

Fix Retiree Benefits: Join our 6/28 Zoom Organizing Town Hall and Help Us Build Our Slate Platform

Join other UFT retirees as we launch to organize our group and for the upcoming 2027 UFT RTC elections. Also, help us build our platform priorities by…

Published on FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT • Jun 16

New York’s Union Communications Bill: Stopping Fraud or Criminalizing Dissent?

There's more than meets the eye with this "pro-union" legislation. Is it more about stopping the opt-out movement's practices or silencing dissent…

May 29 • Educators of NYC

THEY TURNED OUR MENTAL HEALTH INTO A BUDGET LINE - GHI/EMBLEM'S GHOST NETWORK

How EmblemHealth/GHI Failed City Workers’ Mental Health — Twice — While NYC and the MLC Turned the Crisis Into “Savings”

May 22 • Educators of NYC

THEY TURNED OUR MENTAL HEALTH INTO A BUDGET LINE - GHI/EMBLEM'S GHOST NETWORK

How EmblemHealth/GHI Failed City Workers’ Mental Health — Twice — While NYC and the MLC Turned the Crisis Into “Savings”

May 22 • Educators of NYC

Why I’m speaking up for us!

My name is Alyson Monzon, and I have been a paraprofessional in Queens for 11 years.

Published on Alyson Monzon • May 19

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