Unity Caucus Threats Against ABC and its Members Continue - I Get Reported to HR for Fighting for the Right to Put Lit on the Table at the Delicate Assembly

“The delicate assembly.”  It sure is delicate.  A bunch of “snowflakes” in Unity Caucus.  Anyone who asks their dear leader a question is “rude.” Or a liar. That’s their favorite adjective. .. Comment of a not delicate Delegate

Is a cornered party as dangerous as a cornered rat? We should be sober: the political winds are blowing hard against the "ruling party". Unity is staring at a meltdown... defections may mount and internal chaos spreads throughout leadership. ... Tom Hartmann   

More Mulgrew Purges as District 30 Parents, Teachers, and Local Politicians Rally to Defend Fired UFT District Rep As Internal Resistance Grows... ed notes

the attorney’s letter states they will sue each UFT member individually, for having publicly stated we are UFT members. 

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 -- Delicate Assembly Day - Ho Hum

Mulgrew and crew have been rehearsing, probably all day, for the DA so he knows where to point for the required sneak attack Unity reso to start the new motion period. But he has to act like this is all spontaneous, and he was absent for the acting lesson. One of the fun things is to pick out their reso from the stack. The goal is to waste as much of the 10 minute New Motion time as possible. And monitor how much speaking time goes to staff or Unity apparatchiks.

Frankly, I'm getting a bit bored by the DA, but the chance to engage with Unity slugs is too delicious to miss plus seeing lots of old and new friends. But I need an umbrella to keep from getting wet from the snowflakes. 

The answer by authoritarians when cornered is repression and increasing attacks to try to suppress voices of opposition. Or just put a photo of the leading oppo candidate for president in a urinal in the mens room at the UFT during a delicate assembly:   Misogyny at the UFT Delegate Assembly 

We are sure to hear bragging today on how effective they are on the para pay issue which has been locked up in the city council, thus forcing them to hold "massive" protests in front of the Adrienne Adams' office, who was scared to death at this turnout.

Now this is organizing.

PissGate Report

The union issued a report of its 6 month investigation of Piss Gate, (see here), that led to nothing. Apparently some strange guy they cannot identify was hanging around the men's room that day but the cameras can't seem to identify him. Probably just prostate problems. 

They are actually trying to pin it on me or someone from ABC - I think I was the only man from ABC there that day - because, you know, Unity people have such integrity.

I was told to go in and check the bathroom around 6PM after the first photo at 5:12 was found and I removed it so they can claim my fingerprints are on it. Like there's no Unity hack capable of doing this? There is video footage and there were only so many guys at the meeting. I shared my suspicions of the possible culprit with the lawyer.  

I entered the men's room to find the photo in the urinal, the second one that day and extracted it after taking a photo. I still have it and the investigator wanted me to turn it in so they could check for prints but I wasn't giving them the evidence unless I could observe the taking of the prints.

Unity motion to muzzle chapter leaders

Don't forget this gem from the Nov DA where they wanted to gag school chapter leaders like they gag CLs of functional chapters, notably Bennett Fischer of the RTC. This was their sneak attack reso. 

 

It was voted down by a slim margin, which means even some Unity CLs voted against it, which must really piss them off since the clicker we use allows for anonymity, something we didn't have in the past as the District reps had their CLs sit near them so they could monitor how they voted. 

Fighting for the right to put lit on the table 

I got a call from a union official that an HR complaint had been filed over my confrontation with a Unity hack over the restriction of needing LeRoy Barr's permission to put lit on the tables in. the lobby. She should have filed the HR complaint against LeRoy who gave her such a ridiculous assignment. 

Historical note: We had a table for non-official UFT lit for 25 years until the increasingly authoritarian LeRoy Barr barr-ed the oppo table and any lit he doesn't want displayed on the official table. When asked why, be first blamed Covid and then enemies of the UFT. You see, if you dare to criticize their worships you are an enemy -- Trumpism comes to 52 Broadway.
 

I posted a photo of the Barr henchwoman using our dues to guard the table in a recent post  Growing Authoritarianism at the UFT as Unity continues to take Lying shots at ABC 

 

Fact is she has been nasty and arrogant (confirmed by others in the UFT)  and she complains to UFT HR about me? As if I work for her and the UFT when in fact she works for me. But the UFT leadership act as if the membership works for them, so maybe they are confused. 

Talk about delicate snowflakes. She goes whining because an 80 year old 58 year member of the UFT spoke to her in a loud voice? If she can't deal with that she need to get a new job. These are the people who are supposed to defend us against Trumpism?  

 

Unity views ABC as the real threat, the legacy oppo as supplemental - but they need to find ways to stay relevant

 

I wrote about the increasing repression at the UFT the other day in this post: Growing Authoritarianism at the UFT as Unity continues to take Lying shots at ABC

 .... where I made the point that the biggest threat to Unity hegemony is coming from within the caucus, as the numerous defections to ABC in the last election proved. ABC only existed for months but garnered 32% of the vote while the 3 legacy caucuses, with 100 years of combined experience, of trying to organize in the UFT, got only14%, thus not constituting a threat to Unity, but a necessity for Unity to keep around as a counterweight to ABC. Thus, the "Unity light" label applied by some to elements of ARISE - remembering that for a dozen years, New Action was Unity light.

A key to the vast difference between ABC and ARISE was, I believe, the infusion of defecting Unity CLs who brought their staffs along to vote for ABC. Since the ARISE coalition will never get Unity defectors en masse, the demonstrated ability of ABC to do so is what makes ABC such a threat and has led to the constant attacks in Unity lit -- look for another one today at the DA.

 

Unity threatens to sue ABC and all its members individually

 
Thus, the latest round is threats and more threats for daring to say ABC is an active group in the UFT, while other groups that use the UFT logo are ignored. The geniuses at the UFT in full force where

the attorney’s letter states they will sue each UFT member individually, for having publicly stated we are UFT members. 

The letter from the lawyer also states:

“Further, throughout your website and on your social media, you refer to the A Better Contract organization as "A Better Contract - UFT" and "A Better Contract - UFT Members," signaling that the organization is a faction within the UFT when it is not.”

Mulgrew should look up the word faction - 

a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

 

On the other hand, Unity Caucus using the UFT logo is fine:

 

And how about MORE?

Here is the ABC post where you can get details of the threats. 

Unity UFT Leadership Threatens to Sue ABC-UFT

And they're using your UFT dues to do it.

A Better Contract

Dec 09, 2025

 

https://abettercontract.org/p/unity-uft-leadership-threaten-to?

Michael Mulgrew and Unity UFT leadership, a political group that has controlled our union for more than sixty years and who continue to preside over diminishing returns for educators across the city, have hired the corporate law firm Norton Rose Fulbright to threaten legal action against A Better Contract (ABC-UFT). Their claim is that we, the committed educators and proud UFT members of ABC, do not have the right to refer to ourselves as UFT members.

This is not the first time Mulgrew and Unity UFT have used our dues money to threaten UFT members. In June 2025, Unity UFT hired the same law firm to file a complaint accusing A Better Contract of infringement for referring to themselves as UFT members. That complaint was rejected by an independent arbitrator, who determined that ABC-UFT’s statement of being UFT members, which we are, is legitimate and protected.

Rather than using dues to improve working conditions or strengthen our union, Mulgrew and Unity UFT leadership have chosen to use those dues to attack UFT members who are advocating for a more democratic and responsive union. 

Members can read more about that decision here: ABC Wins Arbitration

I will close with a comment on Arthur's substack:

When Mulgrew lays on his phony tough guy shtick, it does have an air of wannabe third-rate mob boss. It's pretty ineffective, though. I don't feel intimidated at all. Maybe it's working better with UFT staff at 52 Broadway. They all seem to be running scared.

Growing Authoritarianism at the UFT as Unity continues to take Lying shots at ABC

The more restrictive people in power get in an attempt to tamp down critics, the more likely their crackdowns spike greater opposition and more critics.

How do you distinguish between fascism and authoritarianism? And how do you fight fascism when you yourselves are authoritarians? 

Authoritarianism allows limited freedoms but maintains strict control over political processes. 

A Unity initiative to make chapter leaders sit down and shut up was voted down. This was remarkable—the exception that proves the rule. It would have mandated top-down messaging from UFT at all levels. -- Arthur Goldstein Notes on the Nov. DA 

Unity leaflet attacks DSA claiming they are infiltrating the UFT with MORE as an instrument but also attacking Marianne Pizzitola. Then months later they endorse the DSA candidate for mayor. 

Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 

The line between fascist and authoritarian rule can be fuzzy, but there is a difference. 

 

I'm not referring here to the Trump MAGA crowd, which clearly leans fascist. I don't like to call people fascists and prefer the label of "fascistic-type behavior" but the MAGA crowd is clearly beyond wanna-be fascists. 

Is authoritarianism and fascism the same thing? 

I Googled the question:

Authoritarianism is a general form of governance defined by the centralization of power and limited political freedoms. (A check for both Unity and other Caucuses in the UFT)

Fascism is a specific, far-right, and highly ideological form of authoritarianism that includes elements such as extreme nationalism and often racism. All fascist regimes are authoritarian, but not all authoritarian regimes are fascist. 

Authoritarianism is a form of government where power is concentrated in a single leader or small group, and there is little to no accountability to the public. It suppresses political freedoms, limits individual rights, and often uses control, fear, or violence to maintain power, with citizens expected to show blind submission to authority. (Check)

The theme here is UFT/Unity Caucus and authoritarianism. 

When people engage in authoritarian-like behavior it's OK to call then authoritarians, and that is an appropriate label for the UFT leadership, as I will offer examples below.

I would not term the behavior of our UFT/Unity Caucus leadership fascistic - that is pure hyperbole. But "increasingly authoritarian" is more apt. 

 

The prime directive of authoritarian led organizations is to maintain power - often at all costs and that fits the Unity machine perfectly.

 

Think of these characteristics of authoritarianism and compare them to the UFT/Unity crowd.

Has the UFT/Unity leadership shown indications of this behavior? Let me count the ways. Call them authoritarians. Just don't call them fascists.

Key characteristics of authoritarianism (as related to the UFT/Unity leadership):

Concentrated power:

A single person or a small group holds most of the power, with little to no accountability to the people.  

The UFT has had four presidents over 60 years. Just think of that. The faces may change, but the political machine remains the same. Thus, when people attack Mulgrew as the problem, I point out the problem is Unity - when Mulgrew goes, only the face of the machine will change. While the leadership often seems incompetent, they have proven very competent at keeping control, managing the membership and holding on to power, though recently they have been lucking out due to the lack of an effective opposition, a situation going back decades. 

 

Right now we see that even inside the Unity machine, whereas there may have been some sense of people being consulted in the past, we now have 3 Men in the room: Mulgrew, Barr, Sill - and at times a woman: Mary Vaccaro. But the ABC campaign with many Unity defectors indicated some cracks in the machine for the first time. One of their complaints was that there was a sense of being consulted in the Randi years - though not all that much but she knew how to play the game -- but now even the officers in Ad Com are ignored - other than the gang of 3+1. Below that level, there is some unrest and recent aggression has been aimed at tamping it down. A sinking ship may be kept afloat with vigorous pumping but ultimately that is a losing battle.

Suppressed freedoms:

Individual rights, such as freedom of speech and the press, are limited or denied to prevent opposition and maintain control. 

 

Limited political opposition:

Opposition parties are often discouraged, prohibited, or have their legitimacy attacked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at the control of the DA. Barr must approve all leaflets put on the table at the DA, after cancelling the 25 year old history of having a table for non-official materials, granted by Randi Weingarten in 1998. We had a battle with a UFT employee guarding the table during DA to make sure no scurrilous lit goes on, violating decades of policy. That is her assignment at the DA. She and LeRoy claim Covid as an excuse. Jeez. I called them out on this policy at the November DA. 

 

Unity Attempts to Bennett Fischerize chapter leaders

A Nov. DA Unity backed reso, defeated, called for limits on free speech of chapter leaders and their freedom to communicate with their members, following the example of the suppression of RTC Chair Bennett Fischer's ability to communicate with RTC members. Many of us have urged Bennett to make a big deal of this censorship and in fact send in his report and if Mulgrew censors it make a big deal of it, but instead he is circumspect in those reports. The RTC leadership seems worried that Mulgrew will turn off their electricity if they push back too hard. The RTC leadership has already turned off any vestige of militant resistance. I get lectured all the time that UFT leadership are not enemies and we must stick together to fight fascism. Hard to fight fascism when you have to work with authoritarians who want to suppress democracy. Some in RTC argue that Unity is not an enemy but fellow UFT members and we have to work with them in a bipartisanship way. That's how the Democratic Party has operated while Republicans smash them to bits. 

 

Arthur in a recent post addresses the November DA and that ugly Unity reso.

Unity Fails to Erode Democracy (or Control Class Size): Then, they try to blame ABC for their shortcomings.

You won't find a Unity leaflet or social media post that doesn't try to slime ABC, demonstrating where they see the real threat to them. 

 

Every Unity leaflet and social media post attacks ABC and makes false claims ABC opposes increasing para pay or decreasing class size, false claims of course. They brand critical comments over the inept methods they use as an attack on the union. Recently they held a demo at the city council over the para reso - 3 staffers showed up and they considered that a success. Jeez.

Control and fear:

They may use various methods like corruption, misinformation, propaganda, or violence to ensure compliance and discourage dissent.  

How about the June massacre firings and more that came in September?

See every Unity leaflet and social media post attack ABC and make false claims they oppose increasing para pay or decreasing class size. Have you checked their propaganda machine where everything they do is wonderful? -- Trump uses their bragging playbook.

Undemocratic practices:

Authoritarian systems often ignore or subvert democratic processes, sometimes even while holding elections.

 

Yes Virginia, there was some playing around during the elections but not enough to make them lose --- they were confident of winning due to the two oppositions running against them but if the day comes when and if there is one strong opposition, watch for the dirty tricks. The 54% they got is a big threat to them and they need ARISE to stay alive to make sure ABC doesn't win.

 

Remember electronic voting? They formed a committee to study it that has started meeting with ABC and ARISE reps - naturally the committee is packed with Unity. Do you want to wager on Polymarket whether the committee will vote for electronic voting at future elections? 

Emphasis on obedience: Members

 are expected to show obedience to authority, sometimes referred to as "blind submission".  

                                                                                                   

The 54% Unity got in the election plus the losses in the RTC and para chapter are warning signs. They are lucky so far due to the divisions in the opposition, and I will get into these divisions in upcoming posts. 

 

But expect further crackdowns on democracy, which often has the opposite effect of spurring open and hidden opposition. (Think of the fall of the Soviet block, which lasted 70 years as Unity control of the UFT approaches that number.)

Is a cornered party as dangerous as a cornered rat? We should be sober: the political winds are blowing hard against the "ruling party". (Your favorite group in power)______ are staring at a meltdown... defections mount and internal chaos spreads throughout leadership. ... Tom Hartmann   

Gee, ya think?  

 

District 30 Cls Revolt

The big firings were meant to send a message to the Unity rank and file. From what I'm hearing, there is fear - but also resentment. The firing of D. 30 rep Ashley Rzonca who was loyal to Unity but fired for perceived friendship with Amy Arundell, is having repercussions. A batch D. 30 CL are refusing to attend district rep meetings and are meeting on their own at the same time. The union went whining to the Dist Supt about these alt meetings in the schools. Perfect behavior of a cornered party. Go ask the boss to help you beat down a revolt.

 

So far internal chaos has not spread and they have weathered the threat to the Delegate Assembly they were facing from the 300 delegates from retirees plus the 100 MORE delegates. We've seen a withering away of the retiree delegate impact, due to the incompetence of the Retiree Advocate/RTC leadership, as we will see in upcoming posts and the work Arthur has been doing to expose them. And the MORE 100 have had zero impact and have not shown much interest in the DA. And so far the ABC crowd has gotten off to a slow start this year and also has not organized at the DA. Some on all sides are talking about giving up at organizing at the DA. I think the DA for at least through next year has potential if all the delegates from RA, MORE and ABC managed to put something together. Go bet on Polymarket if you think that is possible. 

 

I'd sooner bet on a meteor like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.

But change might come from another direction outside the caucus structure.

 

District 30 Cls Revolt

The big firings were meant to send a message to the Unity rank and file. From what I'm hearing, there is fear - but also resentment. The firing of D. 30 rep Ashley Rzonca who was loyal to Unity but fired for perceived friendship with Amy Arundell, is having repercussions. A batch D. 30 CL are refusing to attend district rep meetings and are meeting on their own at the same time. The union went whining to the Dist Supt about these alt meetings in the schools. Perfect behavior of a cornered party. Go ask the boss to help you beat down a revolt.

 

Unity's best chance of maintaining power is the divisions in the opposition. I think ABC has the most potential but don't expect the legacy caucus driven groups to join the party as the same principle of oligarchy driven organizations operates with them as it does with Unity: 

 

The prime directive of authoritarian led organizations is to maintain power - often at all costs.

 

Retiree Advocate has become the power in the Retiree Chapter - at least until the next election in May 2027 and has been losing its way, which Arthur has been chronicling.                                                                                                                                       

Beware of old boss becoming the new boss - the dangers of a loyal opposition seeking alliances with authoritarians in power.

 

A Better Contract (ABC) to Hold Big, Beautiful Mass Meeting, Oct. 23, 7 PM: Over 700 registered so far

Capacity is limited at 1000, so claim your spot. 

 

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k1LDpxK-SMeYjbfGMx52Dw#/registration 

 

October 13, 2025

 

I haven't posted much about ABC since the election ended in June. While some expected to win despite having to compete with the 3-caucus ARISE coalition, they were also excited at the 32% result for a group no one had heard of a few months before while the long-time caucuses in ARISE could manage only 14%. These results seemed proof of concept that drove ABC -- that the legacy caucus model in the UFT has failed to capture the support of the rank and file. 

 

We can even apply the legacy model to the victorious Unity Caucus, 60 years in power and only gaining a 54% vote, their lowest total ever - in actual hard numbers, a hard minority of the total membership. 

 

An ABC-type group is the future - I'm not claiming that the current version of ABC is going to be that group but some version of it -- and the important point is that ABC is open to all UFT members, even those in caucuses.

 

I think ABC as formed at this point has potential but it must grow and expand its outreach. How to do that is still up in the air and open for discussion. If you don't want to be a formal caucus than what form does it take and how to ensure a level of democracy but also a method of making decisions and carrying them out?

Oy. My sense at this point is based on the people ABC has attracted so far -- creative, competent, dynamic - a willingness to think out of the box. But without some way of making decisions, some of that energy gets dissipated. What I have found interesting is the informal leadership -- the people who rise to the occasion when needed. I hate to formalize things --- because when you do, potential leaders can get stifled. 

 

ABC, unlike other groups in the UFT, consists overwhelmingly of actively working UFTers and they felt they needed a break after a brutal election season. (Retirees are a smaller portion of ABC than they are in ARISE). 

 

The firings of ABCers at the end of June and into this school year (The Friday Night Unity Purge/Massacre) and the Pissgate (Misogyny at the UFT Delegate Assembly) June DA created a lot of internal discussion, as did the recent healthcare changes. There is a retiree group within ABC and it is growing but the perception is that RA and NAC have a bigger group based on the fact that 140 retiree ran with them. But then again retirees in the UFT voted 3-1 for the ABC slate in the election. ABC retirees are caught betwixt and between, unhappy with Unity and unhappy with the current RA/NAC leadership of the Retiree Chapter, as Arthur expressed in his weekend post: 

• On Cutting Off Your Nose to Spite Your Face

I agree with much of what Arthur says, though not so much with his attempts to reach out - As a member of RA Organizers, I understand the mentality there and I don't see many signs of wanting to share power with others. I've given up trying. They are enjoying being in charge of RTC and while Unity initially saw them as a threat, I sense that the Unity hierarchy, while still wanting to take back the chapter in 2027 (they won a slim majority of retiree votes in the recent election), are not too upset or threatened. So far the biggest threat took place a year ago at the first RTC meeting under the control of RA when Bennett had Marianne as his guest, which freaked Unity out (UFT Retired Teacher Chapter Meeting Takeaway).

 

ABC came together as an election slate and questions remained as to its future. Not wanting to be like a formal caucus leads to questions of exactly what form would a group like ABC take. A difference between ABC and the legacy caucuses is a willingness to take the discussion out of the backroom and open up the debate outside voices with a mass meeting on Oct. 23. (I believe we dropped the ball after months of successful mass meetings by not holding them regularly during the election.)

 

I believe over 700 have already registered, so hop on board.

 

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k1LDpxK-SMeYjbfGMx52Dw#/registration
 

 

 

Here are the Ed Notes posts on the election:
 

UFT Election 25 Dissection: ABC Broke New Ground, ...

ABC Celebrates End of School Year June 27 - Join i...

UFT Election Results: Unity’s Grip Weakens—A Bette...

UFT Election Fallout - Retiree Advocate Loses Two ...

Election Reaction - Statement from A Better Contract

 

UFT Election Results - 46% say NO to Unity (Slate ...

UFT Election 2025: ARISE - A Forensic Analysis - ...

UFT Election 2025: The Final Countdown - Come on D... 

I'm hungry and ornary - Educators of NYC/The Wire Expose on Flaws in New UFT Health Plan - happy break the fast

Mulgrew basically threw a shark into a baby pool.  What is the matter with him?... An Active Delegate

Speaking of sharks, I can't wait to get to that herring in cream sauce. I invited a non-Jewish friend over to observe how Jews eat dairy after a fast. Reading the piece below, my hunger only helps me get more pissed off - and not only at the Unity gang, who act like they have for 60 years - new faces, old places.

Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025

Daniel Alicea has been doing the work that others should have been doing. I sat next to him at the DA on Monday and he kept muttering all meeting about the flaws, while surrounding Unity gang shushed us when I tried to get exactly what he was saying. And when I got home I realized that after hearing the Unity cheers and dancing in the aisles after RTC Chapter Leader Bennett Fischer voted YES without consulting his chapter or even the 300 delegates elected with him, I realized what damage that vote may cause. 

But I get it - a consistent mentality. on the part of a segment of the opposition over decades that wants to try to play nice with Unity -- reminds me of the current leadership of the Democratic Party always trying to play nice with the Republicans and not wanting to see them as enemies, just like to these oppo people Unity is not an enemy of democracy and the way they run the union, actually anti-union. But you know what? If another issue came up the same people will do the same thing. They never learn.

They want us to focus on Trump and ally with a union leadership that has been part and parcel of the weak Democratic Party leadership that has helped bring us Trump. Yes, Randi resigned recently and Mulgrew endorsed Mamdani but keep a close eye on them and see a union leadership that strives to save the city money on our backs has really changed.  

I admit to not doing that work that Daniel and so many others had been doing in the ABC chats since the Aug. 28 first healthcare committee meeting and for that they've been attacked by the Unity lites. But I am acting under the assumption not to trust the union leadership to present things in an honest way. So I was an automatic NO, especially considering the lies and misinformation coming from Mulgrew over MedAV - you know, it was just a different name from Medicare and you can't ask your docs if they belong because the big beautiful plan doesn't exist yet - until he tried to shove down our throats an even more big beautiful plan which is would still be favoring if we hadn't won the RTC election. 

Now I know some of our leaders are patting themselves on the back for our reso calling for a vote at the DA - which we knew is stacked by Unity - instead of the membership so we would have time to study the plan in depth ---- btw -- they would say we are under time constraints to start it Jan. 1 -- do you think these constraints are an accident?

 

Below Daniel finds the chinks in the redactions which Mulgrew told us was read by his lawyers -- all of whom tried to kill the lawsuits to protect us. 

 

Remember the lies about the stabilization fund, which it seems will be vacated in this plan..

 

Water under the bridge I guess, unless there is a law suit to stop  or delay it.

I wonder when we will ever learn.

 

See Marianne, who comes under severe attack by both the Unity gang AND some of our so-called allies, breakdown the MLC: https://youtu.be/pBKF2GTWYhg?si=NSPbjs3PpGlcCo59  

 

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We've read the fine print. And we're right. The contract says: ”Emblem will utilize UMR systems and follow UMR protocols for the provision of UM services.” We unpack what it means for denials & claims

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	Disclaimer The views expressed by our individual authors are their own and may not reflect the views of the EONYC community. Just as we may not all agree with the editorial views expressed as the collective Educators of NYC community. Behind the Gates: How UMR Takes Over Utilization Management In Our Health Plan — and Why the AI & 'Clean Claim' Clauses Should Sound Alarms We've read the fine print. And we're right. The contract says: ”Emblem will utilize UMR systems and follow UMR protocols for the provision of UM services.” We unpack what it means for denials & claims Educators of NYC Oct 2   READ IN APP   Meet United Medical Resources (UMR). They’re not a household name, but under the new NYCEPPO plan, UMR will become the central authority deciding what care you can and cannot get. Acting as the Third Party Administrator for UnitedHealthcare and Emblem, UMR will be the interface every member has to go through for nearly all preauthorizations, claims, and medical approvals. It’s important to know: