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Thursday, October 7, 2021

REPOST - UFT Closes Doors to DA -- UFT Update: Anti-Unity forces come together for October 13 Delegate Assembly to support Retiree Rally

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I'm reposting this from before as this news came in -- BREAKING - 3:15PM -- This just came in -- as we predicted earlier -- Notice to At...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Zoom -- ICEUFT, Educators of NYC (EONYC): Educators Speak Out on Unsafe Schools - Tonight (Wednesday Oct. 6) 7PM

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The DOE and UFT are working together to suppress bad news. I recommend reading Jonathan's blog with a reasoned analysis -- and some symp...
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Saturday, October 2, 2021

UnVaxxed UFTers Face Blowback from Vaxxed - Fall on the sword - get vaxed or take a leave - and is MU a threat?

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I love those UFTers complaining about vax mandates.  Did they ever sit through a mandated faculty conference or a boring PD?  They are worse...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Randi has done it again - maddening playing all sides of the field with people who were OK with teachers giving up their lives to save the economy

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They will debate this and hold multiple positions, but never a forum on something like union democracy or class size solutions... A NYC teac...

Rallies, Lawsuit Updates - Retirees go to court - NY Post, AETNA LAWSUIT Calls for halt to Medicare change - Wants piece of $38 Billion up for grabs

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...on Friday, some 100 retirees had a die-in press conference at City Hall where they dressed as the Grim Reaper and mimicked choking to d...
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Sunday, September 26, 2021

School Staff Complains About Undisclosed COVID Cases at Clara Barton HS -- Guess Who the UFT is Busy Defending?

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We don't feel safe in our community anymore. We love our school and know it can be better. We want a safer school and we do not want a...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Today 4PM -“Die-In” is to publicize the inadequacies of the NYC Medicare Advantage switch-over by Mayor de Blasio and Unions - Broadway side

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Who:  We are the Cross-Union Retiree Organizing Committee (CROC) composed of retirees from NYC's municipal labor unions. We oppose the...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Retirees to Rally at UFT Chapter Leader Meeting Wednesday to inform Working UFT Members of dangers of healthcare changes -- Plus a Die-in Friday

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  Chapter Leader Meeting on Wednesday Sept 22 at 3:30pm We'll be outside the first CL Meeting at the UFT at 52 Broadway starting at 3...
Sunday, September 19, 2021

Wowsa -- Aetna sues NYC, union leaders over ‘tainted’ Medicare contract - NY Post

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“There’s definitely some fishiness going on. This contract doesn’t make any sense,” said Marianne Pizzitola, president of the FDNY’s EMS R...
Friday, September 17, 2021

Medicare Advantage Scams Fed Medicare System by Fabricating Medical Diagnoses - NPR

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: There is no question that Medicare Advantage is unsustainable in the long term. It’s driving up Part B...
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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Advice on third booster shots: Hold off and take anti-body tests - Revised - I got the booster

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UPDATE NOV. 30 - After a packed Bat Mitzvah a few weeks ago in a tent at 38 degrees with over a hundred unmasked people - I got the Moderna ...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Vax Mania: Are we required to stop people from committing suicide? Why stop at red lights?

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If people want to risk death, must we stop them? What if their risks affects the rest of us? Do people have the personal right to drive reck...
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Monday, September 13, 2021

Osterholm escalates on schools - Learning loss vs life, Minimizes masks, weekly testing, maximizes filter, airflow and more frequent testing

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Is de Blasio and his partner Mulgrew risking lives in opening schools fully (the former) and supporting people who don't want to be vax...