UFT Retiree & Para elections are now in full swing! Two GOTV virtual town halls scheduled for today.
UFT Retiree & Para elections are now in full swing! Two GOTV virtual town halls scheduled for today.
Be sure to: Vote, support, RSVP and spread the word! Change is here.
The UFT ballots from AAA are in the mail
There are several very consequential elections taking place within the UFT Paraprofessional Chapter and the Retired Teachers Chapter (RTC), respectively, from about May 10 to June 13, 2024.
These two, and other UFT functional chapters, are receiving their mail-in ballots at their homes in the coming days. These elections are running concurrently with school chapter elections in local school buildings.
It’s vital that we vote for slates and candidates that are seeking a positive change in direction for our union!
Fix Para Pay is running several para candidates against the Unity slate and its current leadership that have failed to deliver a living wage and better conditions for New York City paraprofessionals.
Fix Para Pay is committed to fighting, alongside with you, for a living wage, a fair contract and respect. Enough is enough!
Please get the word out to all other UFT paras in our schools that change is here. And that change begins with voting for the Fix Para Pay slate.
Retiree Advocate is running a full slate of 300 candidates against the Unity slate. We hope you will vote for Retiree Advocate - and tell your fellow UFT retirees to do the same!
What’s at stake? Preserving our premium-free, quality, Traditional Medicare & Supplemental (GHI Senior Care) health benefits and stopping any Medicare Advantage plan from being forced on UFT and other city retirees.
Today, please contact at least 5 UFT retirees you know and tell them to vote Retiree Advocate. It’s best to call them personally but you can also forward this article to them.
If you live in a building complex, or a community with other UFT retirees please remind them to look for the ballot.
Important details about your ballot
Ballots were mailed on or around May 9-10. Look for the envelope from the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
It’s important to note that the ballot will be from the AAA, not the UFT.
If voting in the UFT para election, please check the Fix Para Pay slate box to vote for the entire Fix Para Pay slate. We need you to only mark this box only. Voting for other individual candidates will affect the entire slate.
Once you’ve checked the Fix Para Slate box, put the front page of the ballot into the secure, Secret Ballot envelope, and put that into the mailing envelope addressed to AAA.
Similarly, if voting in the UFT RTC election, please read the enclosed leaflet and check the box to vote for the entire Retiree Advocate slate, only.
Then, put the front page of the ballot into the secure, Secret Ballot envelope, and put that into the mailing envelope addressed to AAA.
Ballots for both chapter elections must be received at the AAA no later than June 13th, so please vote and send your ballot back as soon as you receive it.
A ballot from AAA will be mailed to your address currently on file with the UFT. If you do not receive a ballot in the mail by May 20, please call the American Arbitration Association (AAA) at 800-529-5218 to request a duplicate ballot.
RSVP: Fix Para Pay Virtual Town Hall - Monday, May 13th at 6:30 PM
Join other NYC UFT paras and other UFT members, this evening Monday, May 13 for a special Fix Para Pay Election virtual town hall, via Zoom, at 6:30 PM.
Meet FIX PARA PAY slate candidates and hear straight from them why they are running… bring your questions, too.
RSVP: Retiree Advocate Virtual Town Hall: Get Out the Vote To Save Our Healthcare - Mon 5/13 at 8 PM
Join Retiree Advocate, tonight at 8 PM, for a special town hall, via Zoom, to get out the vote to save our healthcare and to learn what you can do to help Retiree Advocate win this historic election.
Editor’s Note: Check out these interviews from this past Friday. Marianne Pizzitola, President of NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees interviews several candidates of both slates — RA and Fix Para Pay. Don’t miss it!