Shrewd political instincts and willing ness to pivot? Or fear of losing another election while witnessing turnover at 52 Broadway and Unity members plotting against Mulgrew?
"Let’s put everything aside and concentrate on the presidential and congressional races, donate time and dollars, tempus fugit,". Some of us NYC public service retirees can’t put everything aside because we are in an over three year long battle caused by Mr. Pivot Mulgrew to save our promised over the decades that we gave to NYC health benefits. Mr. Pivot has been trying to wrest this deferred compensation from us to pay back the fool arrangement he set up in perpetuity. Maybe Weingarten knew what the plan of action was, since she was surely behind it. We know that she could care less if people don’t have enough money to pay for their plan. She has plenty of money and that and her optics are all that matters to her. Perhaps you should keep this battle in mind when you advise putting everything aside. We have more work to do on the local level. Like voting Mr. Pivot out of his $384,000 Unity gig the way Tom Murphy lost his patronage position.
This reads like an article in The Onion. The "shrewd political instincts" of Michael Mulgrew delivered us a sub-inflation contract (aka pay cuts), an all-out attempt to move municipal employees into a for-profit Medicare Advantage Plan, and an impending watered-down healthcare plan for in-service UFT members. In May 2025 we need to vote Unity caucus and its CEO, Michael Mulgrew, out of office.
If we think positively of Mulgrew shouldn't we also celebrate Benedict Arnold's birthday on January 14th? Or celebrate both on one day and just call it Traitor's Day? Mulgrew fought to privatize union retiree healthcare in order to give a raise to active workers who will later become retirees (and then likely know more how much he betrayed the union movement,) The great union leader Eugene V. Debs said the greatest damage to unions was done by those inside the union. This makes sense because it is sleazy slithery insiders, like Mulgrew, who have done the most damage to workers with illusory benefits paid for out of the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund. In any case, we should at least honor Mulgrew for his past efforts by naming a waster-treatment facility after him.
How about using his political instincts to kill Medicare advantage , withdraw the UFT’s amicus brief supporting the City’s litigation against retirees and passing legislation in the City council and state legislature to protect traditional medicare and Medicare supplement at no cost to retirees and their dependents which they were promised.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm? He only pulled out bc he lost the retiree election and the bill from the consulting company came if at around 700k for the MA negotiations and he pulled out. His cronies literally threatened Council Members with pulling endorsements if they voted against changed the code that would've let MA go through a year or so back.
“throwing barbs at Mulgrew is not productive, for example urging the union to endorse the NYS Health Bill without a full public discussion is not fruitful”
Amen but Mulgrew is the antithesis to public discussion. He controls the majority caucus with signals and they limit discussion. They even make members sign NDAs not to discuss negotiations publicly when we could be getting popular support.
“Let’s put everything aside and concentrate on the presidential and congressional races, donate time and dollars”
Again amen but let’s concentrate on the education issues in these races as Republicans want policies that are unpopular but media is not fully covering it. Trump and the GOP seek to end funding for poor schools and pre-schools, end tenure, censor educators and shift resources to private schools.
Shrewd political instincts and willing ness to pivot? Or fear of losing another election while witnessing turnover at 52 Broadway and Unity members plotting against Mulgrew?
From your mouth to God’s ears
Vote him out!!!!
"Let’s put everything aside and concentrate on the presidential and congressional races, donate time and dollars, tempus fugit,". Some of us NYC public service retirees can’t put everything aside because we are in an over three year long battle caused by Mr. Pivot Mulgrew to save our promised over the decades that we gave to NYC health benefits. Mr. Pivot has been trying to wrest this deferred compensation from us to pay back the fool arrangement he set up in perpetuity. Maybe Weingarten knew what the plan of action was, since she was surely behind it. We know that she could care less if people don’t have enough money to pay for their plan. She has plenty of money and that and her optics are all that matters to her. Perhaps you should keep this battle in mind when you advise putting everything aside. We have more work to do on the local level. Like voting Mr. Pivot out of his $384,000 Unity gig the way Tom Murphy lost his patronage position.
Remember that’s only one job. He’s carrying 6 plus a DOE PENSION. No wonder he no care about retirees.
Thank you for pointing out not only DOE pension but UFT pension as well. Probably NYSUT and AFT pluses.
This reads like an article in The Onion. The "shrewd political instincts" of Michael Mulgrew delivered us a sub-inflation contract (aka pay cuts), an all-out attempt to move municipal employees into a for-profit Medicare Advantage Plan, and an impending watered-down healthcare plan for in-service UFT members. In May 2025 we need to vote Unity caucus and its CEO, Michael Mulgrew, out of office.
“Lots of membership input” Really?
If we think positively of Mulgrew shouldn't we also celebrate Benedict Arnold's birthday on January 14th? Or celebrate both on one day and just call it Traitor's Day? Mulgrew fought to privatize union retiree healthcare in order to give a raise to active workers who will later become retirees (and then likely know more how much he betrayed the union movement,) The great union leader Eugene V. Debs said the greatest damage to unions was done by those inside the union. This makes sense because it is sleazy slithery insiders, like Mulgrew, who have done the most damage to workers with illusory benefits paid for out of the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund. In any case, we should at least honor Mulgrew for his past efforts by naming a waster-treatment facility after him.
@petergoodman, are you aware the DA passed a reso to support the New York Health Act in 2015 and again in 2017?
How about using his political instincts to kill Medicare advantage , withdraw the UFT’s amicus brief supporting the City’s litigation against retirees and passing legislation in the City council and state legislature to protect traditional medicare and Medicare supplement at no cost to retirees and their dependents which they were promised.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm? He only pulled out bc he lost the retiree election and the bill from the consulting company came if at around 700k for the MA negotiations and he pulled out. His cronies literally threatened Council Members with pulling endorsements if they voted against changed the code that would've let MA go through a year or so back.
Trader to the retired union members. Vote him out!
“throwing barbs at Mulgrew is not productive, for example urging the union to endorse the NYS Health Bill without a full public discussion is not fruitful”
Amen but Mulgrew is the antithesis to public discussion. He controls the majority caucus with signals and they limit discussion. They even make members sign NDAs not to discuss negotiations publicly when we could be getting popular support.
“Let’s put everything aside and concentrate on the presidential and congressional races, donate time and dollars”
Again amen but let’s concentrate on the education issues in these races as Republicans want policies that are unpopular but media is not fully covering it. Trump and the GOP seek to end funding for poor schools and pre-schools, end tenure, censor educators and shift resources to private schools.
But the delegate assembly endorsed the New York Health Act twice, actually.