Endgame: State Legislature, the City Budget and the UFT Contract I was online at an upscale supermarket on Saturday, wearing an AFT t-shirt, it struck me, how many people know why Monday, Memorial Day is a national holiday, so, I asked the guy behind me on line, we chatted, he saw my shirt and asked if I was a teacher, he was a college professor, I told him I was a union activist, he said, “I love my union.” It made my day.