🚨 Call to Action: Our ‘Get Out The Vote’ homework for upcoming UFT & TRS elections
Help us GET OUT THE VOTE for: Ben Morgenroth for TRS Pension Trustee, Fix Para Pay Slate for Para Chapter Election and Retiree Advocate for Retired Teachers Chapter (RTC)
We need your help to get out the vote for three important elections affecting UFT members that will launch/take place in the coming days.
It’s time for CHANGE! As a union proud and union strong community, we must take back our union.
We’ve seen way too many cuts to our healthcare and pension, and wages that lag behind inflation.
Each one of these races challenges Michael Mulgrew’s dangerous establishment control over our beloved union. They are also vital in educating our union family about the crisis regarding health & pension benefits and about our struggles with sub-inflation raises/wages.
Please share these campaigns and resources with friends, family and colleagues via: Text, e-mail, phone call, in-person, mail, social media
1. Ben Morgenroth For TRS Pension Trustee
What’s at stake:
Fixing Tier 6, now. Not later. Ben will provide expert, independent oversight of our pensions. We must end pension cuts while securing and fully funding our pensions.
Learn more about Ben’s highly qualified credentials and his priorities here.
🗳️ Election Day: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Principals will conduct elections in NYC DOE schools. CUNY will conduct elections at their campuses on May 8 & 9.
📅 Join this event this week: A virtual town hall will be held on Thursday, May 2, at 5:30 PM. RSVP for the Strengthen our TRS Pension virtual town hall with Ben Morgenroth. His opponent, a Mulgrew appointee, has been invited. It will be held via Zoom.
⬇️ Download, print, share the Ben Morgenroth for TRS Trustee flyer.
🌐 Follow, like and share these links with everyone:
2. Fix Para Pay Slate for UFT Paraprofessional Chapter Election
What’s at stake:
NYC paras deserve a living wage, a fair contract and respect & dignity.
Learn more about Fix Para Pay, their candidates and detailed priorities
🗳️ Election Window: Ballots will be mailed out around May 9th. Mark an “X” in the FIX PARA PAY box on page 1 only. Return your sealed mail-in ballot, ASAP, to the address provided. All ballots must be mailed back by Thursday,June 13th.
If you do not receive a ballot by May 15th, contact Fix Para Pay via their website.
📅 Join this event this week: RSVP for Bronx in-person meetup to meet the Fix Para Pay candidates on Thursday, May 2 from 4-6 PM.
⬇️ Download, print, share the FIX PARA PAY flyer.
🌐 Follow, like and share these links with everyone:
Website: fixparapay.org
Retiree Advocate Slate for UFT Retired Teachers Chapter (RTC) Election
What’s at stake:
Preserving our premium-free, quality healthcare benefits. Stopping the inferior, predatory, and privatized MulgrewCare / Aetna Medicare Advantage plan from being forced on UFT and city retirees by the City and Mulgrew.
Learn more about Retiree Advocate here
🗳️ Election Window: Ballots will be mailed out around May 10th. Mark an “X” in the Retiree Advocate box on page 1 only. Return your sealed mail-in ballot, ASAP, to the address provided. All ballots must be mailed back by Thursday,June 13th.
If you do not receive a ballot by May 15th, contact Retiree Advocate via their website.
⬇️ Download, print, & share the RETIREE ADVOCATE flyer.
🌐 Follow and share these links with everyone:
Website: retireeadvocate.org
Editor’s Note: Be sure to share and check out NYC Retirees’ Marianne Pizzitola’s recent interview with some of the candidates of Retiree Advocate.
Also, watch these other campaign promo videos.
In the last video, we hear the voice of Mulgrew addressing an AFT crowd over his support of Common Core, several years ago. The irony is not lost when we take his words and juxtapose them with our healthcare benefits. We are hoping to be much more polite and civil when we say to him and the City: HANDS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE!