Toothless Mulgrew Doesn't Do Teeth at Town Hall - Nick Has Notes

Maybe Tomorrow at Chapter Leader Meeting - Maybe Not. 

From Nick's Notes: 

Teeth: when will dental improve. Majority of dental done through welfare fund. Also supplies drugs. Paid parental leave also, and optical. Still in process for RFP on dental. Dental costs have gone up significantly. Dental in welfare fund is regulated. Just because we started RFP, we’re getting movement from companies we work with on the dental side. We make decisions in the welfare fund – have a board there. Drug costs are important right now – we are only union covering some drugs. But negotiating and we will have better benefits when done. Also want to work with Albany about regulation of costs.... UFT Townhall 9/17/24 – Notes and Analysis

I reported earlier on the possibility of changes in the dental plan at today's Mulgrew town hall.

• Mulgrew Does Teeth - Finally Using some of the $800 million UFT Welfare Fund Surplus
  

Well, he came up toothless.

I was in a chat with people tuned into the town hall and there was some head smacking over the rhetoric.

There is a full court press by a UFT leadership that is sending the troops into the schools to tell members they are here for them. In one school a special rep said she is bringing the smoke -- probably to cover up for the inability to really help.