As many of you know, the UFT has been paying Randi's former law firm, Stroock & Stroock & Stroock Stroock & Stroock & Stroock Stroock & Stroock & Stroock Stroock & Stroock & Stroock Stroock & Stroock & Stroock a million dollar a year retainer to threaten UFT members over such stuff as using the UFT logo but went over the top with threats to former ally Arthur Goldstein (My Union Dues Pay Lawyers to Threaten Me) over his parody of a recent Mulgrew letter to members.
I received it the day before my birthday - a special present. The lawyer sending out the letter is Alesha Dominique:
Alesha Dominique, the head of Stroock’s Trademark practice, where she
represents clients in intellectual property litigation with an emphasis
on trademark, false advertising and unfair competition, copyright and
patent matters. Alesha began her professional career with two Teach for
America placements — first in the Bronx and then in Chicago.
Don't you love TFA, an anti-union organization grads, suing union employees?
Bennett Fischer, from Retiree Advocate, posted his own parody as a comment on Arthur's blog:
ACME Legal Services
April 15, 2023
To: Strook & Strook & Stroock & Stroock, LLP, FYI, KFC
Re: Notice of Unlawful Impersonation of a law firm
Dear Stroock et al,
ACME
represents rank and file members of the United Federation of Teachers
(UFT) who, as you know, occasionally disagree with UFT president Michael
Mulgrew and sometimes choose to exercise their First Amendment rights
by publishing their opinions in public forums such as "Blogs" and
"Websites." Our clients’ opinions may or may not take the form of parody
and other forms of protected speech.
We understand that you
purport to represent the entire UFT - the whole shebang as it were -
including the members to whom you send "cease & desist" letters in
the name of the union president. That seems weird. Why would you do that
to the dues-paying members who pay your fees? You even scatter your
letters with emboldened, italicized text that, I don't know, is that supposed to be scary? As
you undoubtedly know that sort of typographic emphasis can seem
threatening and laughable all at the same time - kind of like a parody
of an actual legal letter. (Hey, wait a minute, good job!)
But
really, this is a very serious matter to rank-and-file UFT members, many
of whom are concerned with the so-called "legal advice" you've been
dishing out to the union president lately. Advice like:
• Try to break NYC law by charging premiums for GHI Senior Care (until you are stopped by a retiree lawsuit).
• Coerce the City Council into changing the law you couldn't break (until you are laughed out of the Council chambers).
• Shut up and don't say a word while GHI imposes illegal Senior Care copays (until stopped by a retiree lawsuit).
• Threaten UFT members with cease & desist letters.
To that end, dues paying, rank-and-file UFT members demand that you immediately
(1) retract the Fake Legal Advice you've been giving our president; (2)
stop impersonating an actual law firm; and (3) cease sending
threatening letters to UFT members.
Please confirm in writing, as
of three weeks ago, that you have complied with our clients'
aforementioned demands. The promptness and completeness of your response
will determine future blog posts and other forms of protected speech.
Very truly yours,
ACME Legal Services
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