UFT Delegate Assembly and RTC Meeting Updates: Part 2 Script Revealed, TRS Election Staged Endorsement

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 

 

It's been a few days since Part 1 - UFT Delegate Assembly and RTC Meeting Updates:

 

Too much Olympics and old movies. And trying to keep up with Marianne, Arthur and Daniel. And I'm about to leave for an in-person meeting with a group connected to the good ICE - which we are now referring to as Independent Educators (community). We will be talking about the TRS election, Is Unity weaker than a year ago or stronger?, and the state of Retiree Advocate and its new membership and "democracy" plan and the prospects for next year's chapter election.

 

We know from our Unity friends that they rehearse for the DAs through what they call the Speakers Bureau - Mulgrew fakes like he's looking around when he knows where the Unity plants will be sitting. You see, they prep for meetings while most of the oppo play it by ear, which is why they often look so ineffective. What used to be a 10 minute new motion period where rank and file get a chance is now dominated by feel-good leadership resos to use up the time.

 

This time to make sure, the Unity plant had a big arrow on her head and started reading the script she was given -- ooops - she actually said it was a script. 

 

The big issue was the Unity push to endorse Tom Brown for TRS pension board. Former pension board member David Kazansky is running against him and some of his supporters attempted to get his name out there and succeeded but failed in their reso to get him to be considered -- in the past the claims that oppo people were not experienced won't work since David had 9 years experience. 

Daniel Alicea was successful in asking for the union to put things in place so the DOE actually conducts an election that is competently run -- 2 years ago both sides sued the DOE over the way the election was run. As the vote for the endorsement ran past 6PM -- Mulgrew didn't manage the script by not finding the person who was to call the question in time - and a quorum call was made - you need 20% for a quorum and the seargent at arms must have done a super calculation with her immediate ruling. Daniel asked her afterward about that ruling and she said she does what Mulgrew tells her to do. Nice --  

 

A lowlight of the Feb. 5 RTC meeting was the Leo Casey rant at Marianne to which she has responded. 

Hypocrisy Roars: Leo roars, but there is no substance; it is purely a spectacle scream for relevance when that ship long sailed. Proud the retired unionists saw through that at the RTC meeting this past week. Bravo! Marianne Pizzitola Feb 08, 2026

Retirees Deserve Facts, Not Fear

Leo Casey’s posts accusing me of “union-busting” and warns of calamity if retirees are no longer treated as union members for healthcare purposes. That framing is emotionally charged — and fundamentally misleading and completely unsubstantiated, but when has Unity cared about any of that? What retirees deserve instead is an honest discussion of what rights we actually have, what protections actually exist, and what has actually happened in recent years. Not facing all that -you are still lying to yourself. Don’t worry, I will tell you and cite it and there is plenty to share on that in the next few posts! 

When I posted one of her responses to Casey on the Retiree Advocate listserve, Jonathan Halabi, an officer of the RTC, wouldn't approve it and it was taken down. Funny, but when Leo went on his diatribe with 1000 people on line or in person, there was no objection - and as a believer in free speech, I do not object to whatever drivel he offers, but the attitude of some members of RA organizers to censor things they don't like, is offensive and counter to democracy.  

 

I have lots more to say but have to catch the subway for the IE (formerly ICE) lunch. And sorry, no rice pudding photos of me today as my blood sugar spiked last time.

 

 

 Arthur's recent post:

Can UFT Welfare Fund Afford to Eliminate Retiree Prescription Premiums?

It sure looks like it.

 

Here is an excerpt from his DA report: 

I am flabbergasted at how Mulgrew tripped all over himself saying how fair the elections for trustee are. The fact is that the last election did not take place at all. This is because Mulgrew’s Very Smart People had Ben Morgenroth tossed from the ballot on a technicality. Last I heard, Morgenroth was pursuing legal remedies, but I’ve not spoken with him for a while. I have to admire his calmness tonight while addressing the guy who screwed him.

Leo Casey’s resolution to protect Social Security and Medicare from everyone (except Michael Mulgrew) has now, for the second month in a row, not come up. Casey would’ve had retirees believe that we ought not to spend one moment protecting ourselves from the person who already tried to take our Medicare away—Michael Mulgrew, his cult leader. Casey’s criticized retirees for trying to protect ourselves rather than blindly endorsing his Great Leader’s agenda.

Clearly, the leaders of the UFT do not share Casey’s priorities. Most important to them is keeping their peeps in power. That’s why Unity member after Unity member got up today to endorse Tom Brown, who comes to retiree meetings to tell us how wonderful things are, who makes it a point to speak as long as possible so as to join Casey and other Unity Cult Members in their never-ending mission to preclude our actual business—protecting retirees.

I tend to believe Mulgrew when he claims he isn’t telling the trustees how to invest UFT money. If that’s the case, though, it’s likely because investing is not his thing. Every single sitting trustee is bound by the Unity Loyalty Oath. They will golly gosh darn do whatever Mulgrew tells them to, financially or otherwise, or they will be purged, just as David Kazansky was.

Kazansky will be running against Tom Brown. Like most retirees, I’m very interested in the pension. As Unity hack after Unity hack got up to tell us how wonderful Brown was, none bothered to mention that retirees, alleged union members, get no vote on who our trustees are.

I didn’t hear anything about Tom Brown, or Michael Mulgrew, or any Unity member working to get us a vote. Of course, Unity indulges its members when they float ageist memes at the DA, and rather than censure them for their blatant bigotry, applauds them.

So it surprises me not at all that they can’t be bothered extending us the vote, even as they lecture us on how we’re full union members.

Emily ?—Most of you know what’s going on. 2750 people signed to go to rally, still growing. When link stops working we get calls. Will try to make registration push. Members will get texts tomorrow. Try to get one more person. Whole class of people against this, think public workers bankrupting city. Use memes and post online. CL hub shows names of people in your school who have registered. Have pom poms and t shirts you can wear in school.

 

UFT Delegate Assembly and RTC Meeting Updates: Part 1 The Thread Runs Through It - How can we save the city money?

The late, great James Eterno saw exactly where this was heading and said so in 2009, when it still mattered.

He called it what it was:

A billion-dollar giveaway to save the City money — paid for by future educators.

He was right then. He’s right now.

Tier 6 didn’t come out of nowhere. The runway was built in 2009 by Randi and Unity...Educators of NYC

An LOL comment at the Feb. 5 retiree meeting was a Unityite arguing against restoring the 8 1/4% enjoyed by our supevisors because ending the 7% Randi giveaway would make us look greedy and besides the city doesn't have the money. The crux of the Unity Caucus positions come down to the purpose of a union is to find ways to save the employer money.

 

Unity/UFT Leadership History of Sell-Out argument to save city money while screwing members --- EONYC - Feb 14, 2026

Daniel hits all the bases in this post 

Why “Fix Tier 6” Stops at 25/30 — and Not 25/55: Because 25/55 was already given away in 2009. All roads lead back to Randi Weingarten.  - Educators of NYC

The above chronicling the sellouts was posted today so make sure to click and read it. The link - https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/why-fix-tier-6-stops-at-2530-and

 

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Happy Valentine Day - Taking my woman out to dinner in the city tonight - don't tell my wife. Actually, I have a surprise Neuhaus box of dark chocolates waiting for her in the city- since she would rather sleep on a bed of nails than read my blog, no worries she will won't be surprised.

 

I'm going to have to do this in two parts because I have to leave soon - tii much time watching olympic snow and ice after doing my daily shovel of snow and ice.

 

My political life is managed by meetings related to the UFT, most recently the Retired Teacher Meeting on Feb.5, the Feb. 10 Retired Teacher Exec Bd Meeting and the Feb. 11 DA. People complain they are all boring but I am a junky and engaged. 

 

I just can't keep up with the prolific Daniel Alicea, Marianne Pizzitola and  Arthur Goldstein -  here are his reports of the Feb. 5 RTC and DA.

Feb. 11 UFT Delegate Assembly--We Endorse Tom Brown

Protecting Medicare and Social Security not that vital to UFT bosses after all.

 Feb. 5  Unity Says, "No 1096 for You!": We say otherwise, by a huge margin.

I have some different angles and where do I begin? Of course the major news is the David Kazansky run for TRS against Tom Brown and that dominated the DA --- speaker after speaker in favor of Brown while a few tried to get David's name out there as a candidate without opposing the Brown nomination, which I would have done - and I had some reasons which I will share one day -- but I wanted to be a team player.  Both meetings sort of have a common theme. Unity totally controls the DA and absolutely don't have control of the RTC. But their goals at both is to degrade the ability of the opposition to influence union policy. There were 2 resos pushed by the non-Unity RTC leadership - support for 1096, calling for the Randi Weingarten giveaway of 8.25% in 2008 to be reversed and two Unity sponsored resos - Keeping retirees Safe from Scams and support for the NY Civil Rights Act. At every meeting they introduce another feel-good distraction -- for this meeting on The Importance of Building and Providing Affordable Workforce Housing for NYC Educators, Healthcare Professionals and Essential Workers. James Eterno used to mock these type of resos as "Mom and Apple Pie" resos. We've also seen similar virtue signaling resos from those opposed to Unity --- when you don't have a clue how to make a dent in the power of Unity, resort to calling for support for issues outside the union.  Unity pushed back on the RTC resos on 1096 and 8 1/4% that actually improve our conditions while their own feel good resos, offered as a distraction from addressing their years of failure are difficult to oppose - like who doesn't support protecting retirees from scams or supporting the NY Civil Rights Act? And they are clever resos -- putting the RTC leadership on an impossible position -- though I get what Unity is doing and am willing to do the dirty work of calling them out -- except I get bad looks from my RTC leadership colleagues that standing opposed to a feel-good reso designed to distract from issues that won us the election.  Leo Casey came off a sick bed to lose his marbles in a rant against Marianne Pizzitola at the RTC meeting -- so sorry, Leo can't be at the DA because Unity lost the RTC election.   The battle between Leo and Marianne is all about healthcare and the Unity attempt to distract people. Leo will defend any Unity policy, as do the Unity faithful as we saw at the last RTC meeting when they opposed the 8.25 reso because it will cost the city money and make us look greedy. 7% also looked greedy when everyone else was getting 1% so making that case is anti-union. Getting raises and lower class sizes costs the city money.   But for we retirees the worst was the attempt to put us in medicare adv -- our victory, due on no small part to Marianne -- which is why in advance of next year's election which Unity expects to win - Casey is the designated hit man to degrade Marianne's influence and bring Unity back to it's 70% majority before the 2024 election. A lesson on her influence is the low amount of votes the ARISE Coalition received in the last election while the ABC supported by Marianne received 3x as many, a lesson Leo Casey clearly has learned -- beat up Marianne to help Unity win.   I will get to part 2 maybe tomorrow but now turn it back to Daniel:

Unity Didn’t Just Accept Givebacks — They Normalized Them This wasn’t a one-off mistake. It was yet another banner moment where Unity institutionalized concession bargaining. Every giveback was sold the same way: “Necessary” “Responsible” “For the common good” “ We achieved “cost savings for the City” while “improving our benefits” And no one embodied that thinking more than Unity’s chief apologist, Randi’s longtime personal assistant, Leo Casey. For decades, Casey has faithfully defended: The disastrous 2005 contract The 2009 pension concessions And now, copays imposed on retirees Different issue. Same message: Suck it up—for the common good. His 2009 defense of the Bloomberg–Weingarten pension deal is still archived online, frozen in time, and devastating in hindsight. While the Ground Was Being Given Away, There Was No Fight Fast-forward to 2011–2012. Bloomberg and Cuomo push through Tier 6, the worst pension tier in state history. And where was Unity? There was no mass mobilization. No sustained organizing. No serious resistance. Now—13 years later—the same leadership claims they’re “fighting Tier 6,” while refusing to admit that: Extended years of service Lifetime pension contributions Reduced retirement security …were already conceded on their watch. James Eterno Warned Us — In Real Time The late, great James Eterno saw exactly where this was heading and said so in 2009, when it still mattered. He called it what it was: A billion-dollar giveaway to save the City money — paid for by future educators. He was right then. He’s right now. All Roads Lead to Randi This is why “Fix Tier 6” stops at 25/30. Not because 25/55 is unrealistic. Not because it’s impossible. But because Unity already surrendered it — quietly, strategically, and proudly — while calling it “responsible unionism.” The same concession logic that gutted pensions is now being used to gut healthcare. Different decade. Same playbook. These are not the values of unionists. These are Proxies for Management. Morticians of our hard-earned benefits. James Eterno on the 2009 giveback https://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/billion-dollar-days-off.html?m=1 https://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-da-report-farewell-randi-tier-v.html?m=1 Leo Casey defending the Bloomberg–Weingarten pension deal: https://web.archive.org/web/20150606054122/http://www.edwize.org/uft-and-city-reach-agreement-on-pension-ending-two-days-before-labor-day

 

Retired Teacher Exec Bd Meeting and Upcoming DA - At least there are potato chips

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2:50PM 

I've been remiss in trying to write about some of the meetings I attend - I finally did so the other day - UFT Exec Bd Update: Kazansky Announses for TRS, LeRoy says Goodbye, Sill Replaces Him, Tom Brown Endorsed for TRS - and will try to do so after the DA later today, for which I have to leave pretty soon. If you are coming to the DA show your love for Unity by wearing red. Maybe Mulgrew will call on you. 

 

Unity rushed through the Tom Brown TRS election endorsement Monday night and made sure to put it up first at today's DA.  I've contended for years that we make Unity defend every single position. They got away with the TRS elections free of charge for years and now we are making them defend it. I even wanted someone to put an opponent up against Mike Sill for Secretary to make them hold an election. Anyone up for Assistant Secretary?

 

At the RTC EB meeting Tuesday afternoon Brown's name came up over his embarasing performance at one of our meetings and his pity me performance over his initial support for a Kathy Hochul pension refinement plan and the subsequent backtracking. Brown did not make many friends at that meeting but retirees can't vote so it may have no effect. 

 

At the RTC EB meeting as usual there is some level of frustration over what I perceive to be a lack of militancy. Lots of complaints over Mulgrew's not calling on retirees who have passed numerous resos at their meetings yet are not allowed to present them at the DA. For instance, we have a dozen vacancies on the RCT delegates - we elected 300 in June 2024, this shutting out every Unity retiree. We now have a dozen vacancies (deaths, dementia, people who didn't expect to win) and people waiting to replace them but the Unity machine claims we don't have a right to replace them. By "we" I mean the RTC Exec Bd. Read this from the RTC constitution:

 

"A vacancy in the exec bd OR in an elective office -- the DA delegates are an elective office - shall be filled by the Exec Bd. And we have been filling vacancies on the EB and are in the process of holding an election on March 3 - my Bday -- for a vacancy with 4 candidates running. We held nominations yesterday. What bothers me is the apathy of the people on the board over the vacant delegates. We get a ruling we can't replace them and Bennett Fischer just seems to accept that ruling without pushing back - or if he pushes back it is never public. Like how about putting this in his newsletter to the 70k members or at the very least in his CL report at RTC meetings which are attended by about 1200 people in person and remote?

How about amending the constitution to protect democracy from Unity domination if they win next year's election? No sense of urgency. The focus is on the political battles outside the union. There is a front group of sorts called the Labor Solidarity Group and I support that work though I chose to engage in political activity with other groups. I think RTC needs to focus on the UFT. 

Then I hear some officers argue that a major goal of ours is to pressure the union and suggestions to bring in union officials to address the RTC and give them a forum makes me want to scream. I see our purpose is to organize to change the union leadership - (and the decisions to align with ARISE and split the retirees was a massive failure. I don't have the time to go into the details but will follow up.)

Unity has hijacked our meetings either from the floor with their former retiree delegates or by taking time and not giving up the mic. Unity hates Marianne with Leo Casey leading the insane charge but they are joined in backbiting by some in the leadership of RTC who seem to resent the fact she not only made it possible for us to win but also helped ABC win retiree votes over ARISE by a 3-1 margin. This lack of unity among retirees will almost guarantee Unity's election next year.

See: Are We Union? I hear both sides - Arthur GoldsteinThe RTC EB is dominated by New Action -- I'm guessing at least 6 or the 25 - maybe more. ABC has Arthur and me and a few neutrals. The upcoming election with 4 candidates will indicate whether the RTC leadership is interested in forming a united front for the chapter election. But either way, the Unity machine needs to be challenged and Bennett wants to play neutral. They clearly organize and all we do is react - and I react rather passionately by going after their throats and that seems to bother the "civility" crowd running RTC --- the old adage of bringing a feather to a knife fight.

I have other issues too over what has been a lack of transparency - almost more of a fear of our own delegates and supporters.

One bone of contention between the ABC crowd and the RTC leadership was over their initial support for the new healthcare plan with some of the leaders offering full-throated endorsement. It was the ABC people who pointed out danger signs and here Daniel Alicea at EONYC pointed out in this post today how part of the deal is giving our data to the United Health Monster. 

We Warned You: The MLC’s Quiet Push to Hand Over Our Prescription Data to United Healthcare

The City and MLC's push to save an extra $100m in "healthcare cost savings" includes sharing your welfare fund prescription data and history with Big Healthcare's United Healthcare/UMR

Educators of NYC

Feb 11, 2026

 

UFT Exec Bd Update: Kazansky Announses for TRS, LeRoy says Goodbye, Sill Replaces Him, Tom Brown Endorsed for TRS

I was trying to write this up last night but was seduced by the Olympics. Tonight or tomorrow morning I will report on the 1PM RTC Exec Bd meeting which I am leaving for ASAP. Oh, and before I forget - they served shrimp scampi last night.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, 12:15 PM

Leaving my warm and cozy Rockaway abode, I reluctantly attended only my second exec bd of the school year last night because I had an early appointment at MSK to have my port flushed. I love a port flushing and if you don't know what that means, you're lucky. It was a brisk 15 block walk from my apartment but not that cold. I walked back downtown through Grand Central where I had coffee and an almond croissant before stopping at Neuhaus chocolate for a Valentine gift. Now that I've taken care of the important stuff, here is a report on the info-packed UFT Exec Bd. meeting last night.

LeRoy Barr made an appearance and was greeted warmly. I posted Rebel Teacher's analysis where the author surmised LeRoy was pushed out in a dispute with never teacher Ellie Engler who was backed by Randi Weingarten. Or possibly LeRoy just got sick of dealing with the lunatic fringe at 52 Broadway. No longer being a member of the UFT Exec Bd, he spoke from the mic in the ten-minute pre-meeting time. He followed former TRS pension rep David Kazansky, who was pushed out of the position two years ago when he was in Unity, but is now running as an independent and was endorsed by ABC. 

• Kazansky announcement. 

• A Better Contract-UFT unanimously endorses David Kazansky for NYC TRS Trustee; Ben Morgenroth tapped as alternate: We must put rank and file educators back in charge of $130 Billion pension fund. David Kazansky is the real and only choice.

David, who is back teaching 5th grade in the Bronx, was also greeted warmly by his former Unity comrades.  To learn more, visit: http://wetrustdavid.org

 

LeRoy enthusiastically endorsed his successor, Mike Sill and said there have been only 10 Secretaries in the history of the UFT, the longest running being Jules Kolodny under Shanker - yes, Virginia, I'm old enough to have been there when Kolodny was Secretary. I'm sure Mike Sill is looking forward to breaking Kolodny's record. The betting line on Sill being the next UFT President immediately went up at Kalshi.  Get your bets in now.

Speculation began on who would replace Sill as Assistant Secretary, a road to UFT President in the past (Randi and I think Sandy occupied that position). Some said Mary Vaccaro who is already a member of AdCome and would also need replacing. Others are thinking more widely. One dark horse: Emily James, who is serving her first term on the Ex Bd as a high school rep who no longer teaches but is based at 52 as a key Mulgrew advisor. 

The other issue that came up was the endorsement of Tom Brown to run against Kazansky for TRS rep that will come up at tomorrow's Delegate Assembly where expect the Unity crowd to immediately start petitioning as soon as the endorsement goes through. Some David supporters will be there to petition for him. IMPORTANT NOTE: Anyone who signs both petitions will have their sig cancelled. One thousand sigs are needed but it pays to get double because there will be cancellations. There has been only one TRS election in the past 40 years - that was 2 years ago when Ben Morgenroth ran. ED NOTES covered that election.

• May 8, 2024, Vote for Ben to End Unity Monopoly of Pensi... 
• TRS Election Issues as Both Campaigns File Protest...
• Hundreds of TRS members with no ballots and the Al...

Unity Caucus sent out this update at 8PM, one hour after the Ex Bd endorsed Brown:   

The Unity Caucus Steering Committee met and voted to recommend endorsing Tom Brown for another term as trustee of the Teachers’ Retirement System. That recommendation was then brought to the full Unity Caucus membership and just after 8:00 p.m., members voted to endorse Tom Brown.

I guess they had to mimic ABC. It's nice to see Unity no longer hiding that they exist as a machine to run the UFT.

 

After the meeting I congratulated Sill and Barr, both of whom I like personally and have had a good relationship with. LeRoy mentioned that in his Facebook post with his pics, he made sure to include the late Ellen Fox. He also said he disagreed with Rebel Teacher's analysis that he was pushed out. I said I didn't totally agree either - I think Unity (which LeRoy headed) will miss him as will the UFT and his retirement weakens the machine. But on the other hand, I think in the short term the Mulgrew repression and firings and threats has brought people into line in maybe stopped the Amy Arundell like defections. We will see. 

 

and I could see the case for his leaving at this time though did mention that some couldn't understand why someone so relatively young and making so much money would give it up. "Living life," he said. "They say you should have the same number of retirement as working years." Hmmm. That's a tough one - I need another dozen years. Maybe LeRoy will make it. I asked why he wasn't at the RTC meeting last week and he said he will be there in the future. Some think he might be a candidate for Ch ldr against Bennett Fischer next year. If LeRoy is serious about retiring it makes no sense for him to take on that position. The Kalshi betting has been on Sterling Roberson, with a minority going for Leo Casey, who is not loved within Unity but is spending his time attacking Marianne Pizzitola who is a hero even to some Unity after saving them money. 

 

Read her latest response to Leo:

There is one highfalutin blogger named Leo Casey who insists retirees are in unions. And not matter the case law, the PERB or OCB cases, City, State or Federal we post against that theory- he resists. This is not debatable; retirees are not in union collective bargaining units. They are in retiree chapters like auxiliary members and their own bylaws show that their DA can vote with the support of their Executive Board as to whom can be included - but they are not full members. Even though retirees can vote - not every retirees’ vote counts as ONE full vote per person of more than 23,500 retirees vote as Arthur my retired union brother wrote yesterday in, “Are We Union.” The reason he fears the UFT losing the support of retirees is money. It’s why Leo attacks our organizations’ grassroots funding, our legal strategy, and the support we have because we are literally front and center fighting for retirees. Leo cannot say that about the UFT, like I cannot say that about DC37. This will be a future post very soon!

So let’s dive into history.

 

Some UFT History and the Retiree Connection

Marianne Pizzitola Feb 10

Norm Update - so you know I'm still here

Officer Vacancy

The executive board declared a vacancy for the position of Secretary, with nominations expected at the February 9 meeting and, if necessary, an election on February 23rd. 

Monday, Feb. 9

UFT Update: LeRoy Retirement Implications, Mike Sill to replace him, Leo Casey Goes Wilding at RTC Meeting, Kazansky Runs for TRS (ABC endorses) and more goodies

 

Oy! So much happening and so far behind. 

 

Leroy Barr's retirement came home to roost when I called his office to sign up for tonight's Exec Bd meeting and was told to email Mike Sill who is replacing LeRoy.Leaving soon for UFT Exec Bd meeting so this will be short - for a change. So all that headline stuff -- later.

 

Let's see what's been going on going back to the last time I blogged on Jan. 23 

The Outrage: Blogging About Nothing, Blogging About Everything - Or Not Blogging at All 

But I did post a guest blog last week: 

Inside UFT Update: Unity’s Grip Weakens as Members Are Left Behind - By Rebel Teacher

Jan. 23 rally at Union Sq. and walk to Bryant Park. 

Jan. 24 - Botanic Garden guide training review of conservatories and a Naked Tree walk -- i teen temp. 12 layers helped. 

Wife B-Day Jan. 25 ruined by snowstorm -- no fancy restaurant but frozen pizza. 3 bouts of shoveling with wife yelling for me to hire someone. 

Jan. 26 - more shoveling in the cold.

Jan. 27 - ditto after Plantorama trade show postponed at BBG.

Jan. 28 - Brooklyn Museum Monet in Venice - super crowded. Now that I'm taking painting classes - how the hell did he do that?

Jan. 28 - ABC Retiree zoom.

Jan. 29 -  BBG - Plantarama trade show- all day - as volunteer had to be there at 8AM - sort of cold.

Jan. 31 -- BBG Guide training full day - I do presentation on one of conservatories.

Feb. 1 -- wife at all day mah jong in Manhattan. I read papers and watch TV - and some shoveling.

Feb. 3 -- Rockaway Theatre Co with construction crew - we build 4 12'x6'  flats for Man of La Mancha and store them outside since Pre-teen show opens on Friday.

Feb. 4 - David Kazinsky announces he is running for Teacher Retirement System in May election. Ben Morgenroth running as alternate. 

Feb. 5 - Retired Teacher Meeting at 52 -- I could write 3 blogs.

Feb. 5 - ABC who ran for Exec Bd have Zoom with David and Ben as guests and endorse them.

Feb. 6 Back to Rockaway Theater - most work outside. Later that night attend pre-teen opening  of Annie Jr. Olympics Opening night. Study for presentation next day at BBG. 
Feb. 7 - BBG guide training canceled due to cold.

Feb. 8 - coldest day - still had to go to gym. Morning political shows. Olympics and Super Bowl.

 

Kazansky announcement. 

 

In the meantime, Arthur and Marianne have been prolific as they both mash Leo Casey's Pizzitola Derangement Syndrome.

 

 Marianne responds to Casey PDS: Hypocrisy Roars

 And Arthur hits Unity for their performance at the Feb. 5 RTC meeting: 

 

Unity Says, "No 1096 for You!"

 

 

 

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Union Membership, Representation & Retirees Employees NEED Unions for collective bargaining for wages and work place safety. Retirees are no longer employed and do not need the union for bargaining. Marianne Pizzitola Feb 6   READ IN APP   Ill-educated blogger Leo Casey, pontificated on labor law recently and asserted that claims regarding retiree union membership are “fabricated” and contrary to law. That assertion mischaracterizes both the substance of the issue and the nature of the arguments that have been raised.

 

 

 

 

A Real Choice for NYC TRS Members: Why I'm Running for Trustee

What’s at stake for 230,000 public educators and $130 billion in retirement assets

David Kazansky Feb 4 ∙ Guest post