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7 hrs agoLiked by Arthur Goldstein

RIGHT ON ARTHUR !! Keep your message , and voice ALIVE !! More teachers, staff, para, aides all need to know that our Union has lost its way over 15 years ago and is a political , money making machine !!

Keep sharing your blogs, post, social media and I look forward to all of the articles UNION MATTERS

KEEP VIBING YOU ARE A BEACON OF LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

Colleen Adrion

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Thanks for your kind words Colleen. We're not precisely in the darkness, but let's keep turning those lights on Unity. They aren't used to it at all.

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Thank you Arthur for speaking for all of us in RTC. I’m not on FACEBOOk, but the UFT.org retiree site also does not have photos of the current leadership or members. ( their names are listed).

My question is did Bennett or Gloria or Jonathan get the RTC email list so they can send out notices about upcoming RTC meetings?

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5 hrs ago·edited 5 hrs agoAuthor

We don't have the RTC mail list. We submit things that are subject to editing and/ or approval. What you read here is uncensored and heartily unapproved by the bosses.

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Just adding to what our dear Patricia reports about what can be seen in our Retiree Teachers Chapter page within UFT's official website. Because of the hit and miss ways I've either received or not received UFT emails (another questionable situation), I've relied on our official Retiree Chapter webpage for RTC meeting dates - which for years would all be listed in advance as early as late August. Suddenly after the defeat of Unity, this is no longer the case. We're approaching October and our Retiree Teacher Chapter webpage only lists "Nov 3, Teacher Union Day" (scroll down to "Upcoming Events": https://www.uft.org/chapters/retired-teachers-chapter). Seems what's going on in our ***OFFICIAL*** UFT webpage not only reflects photos of just Unity people but how Mulgrew and his Unity loyalists are doing their best to divert, interfere and, at worst, dictate their censorship on critical platforms not theirs to control.

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Misrepresenting the Face Book site is a consistent pattern with misrepresenting Medicare Advantage, misrepresenting the Welfare Fund, misrepresenting the CBA in 2018, etc, etc, etc.

Fool me once shame on you,fool me twice shame on me.

UFT membership, please don’t be fooled again at the next election.

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Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.

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So retirees are untrustworthy in Unity leaders eyes. How anti union! Thank you Arthur for writing this substack and telling the truth.

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Thanks for your kind words. I don't see it as retirees being unworthy. I see it as NON-UNITY retirees, NON-UNITY OT/PT, NON-UNITY paras, and NON-UNITY anyone else being unworthy. Mulgrew is the golden calf, and anyone unwilling to worship and pay tribute gets no voice in the union. They are, however, allowed to pay dues, and the salaries of all the Great Minds who rationalize cutting our health care, issuing sub-inflationary contracts, and communicating only things the Great Leader sees fit.

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Great column. All this makes my blood boil. Pulice's and Unity's audacity know no bounds. As expected, my Messenger text to Pulice has no response. A normal person would respond, but I guess her patronage salary is more important.

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Thanks Arthur. It's really not about Pulice. It's about what Unity lets her get away with, and likely encourages her to do. If they were to tell her to stop, that would be the final word. This is what Unity wants. They have no intention of cooperating with us, ever. We all know how election deniers can be.

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