# paraprofessional (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover paraprofessional. Page: Feed: --- ## [Asking Mulgrew Nicely Does Not Work](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/asking-mulgrew-nicely-does-not-work) _2026-08-20 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ (And other observations) ## [Tell Our Councilmembers to Support 1008](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/tell-your-councilmember-to-support) _2026-08-19 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ Please do your part to help get 1008 passed! ## [When We Fight, We Win](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/when-we-fight-we-win) _2026-08-16 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Embattled paraprofessionals win a reprieve from TRS. ## [City Council Bill 1008: Let's Get It Passed and Signed Into Law!](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/city-council-bill-1008-lets-get-it) _2026-08-15 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ It will guarantee that health care promised to Retirees cannot be diminished. ## [We Come Together to Celebrate Our New Bill](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/we-come-together-to-celebrate-our) _2026-08-13 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Our new bill has a new number, 1008, but still aims to protect retiree health care. ## [Rally to Protect Retiree Healthcare -- Thursday, August 13 @ 9:00am](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/rally-to-protect-retiree-healthcare) _2026-08-12 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ Let's Join Marianne Pizzitola, Christopher Marte, and NYC Retirees on the Steps of City Hall. ## [When So-called Union Caucuses Resist Activism](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/when-so-called-union-caucuses-resist) _2026-08-10 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Wearing blue on Wednesday doesn't cut it anymore. ## [NYC Retirees Win $53-Million Co-Pay Refund from City and Emblem](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/nyc-retirees-win-53-million-co-pay) _2026-08-08 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ This is what real organizing looks like. ## [UFT Unity Conceals Credit for the Work of Marianne Pizzitola](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/uft-unity-conceals-credit-for-the) _2026-08-07 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ For them, shame is not a thing ## [We Must Aid Retired Paras in Distress](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/we-must-aid-retired-paras-in-distress) _2026-08-04 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ (With apologies to Pastor Martin Niemoller) ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1dv0on0cLZcR) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Sign the Petition to Support Paraprofessionals](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/sign-the-petition-to-support-paraprofessionals) _2026-08-03 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ UFT and AFT leadership must act now to protect 183 disabled paraprofessional retirees whose pension benefits have been slashed in half — for an error TRS itself admits making. ## [We Stand with Retired Paraprofessionals](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/we-stand-with-retired-paraprofessionals) _2026-08-02 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ Fix Retiree Benefits Stands with Paraprofessionals Whose Promised Pensions Are in Jeopardy ## [Does Unity See Good in Pensions Being Halved?](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/does-unity-see-good-in-pensions-being) _2026-08-01 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ It's all point of view. ## [Is Your Pension Really Safe?](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/is-your-pension-really-safe) _2026-07-29 · Union Matters_ It's guaranteed by the NY State Constitution, but not by TRS (or UFT). ## [Unity Pays Valuable Lip Service to Paraprofessionals (unless they're retired)](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/unity-pays-valuable-lip-service-to) _2026-07-25 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ To Unity, retirees are a go-to source of hilarity. And funding. ## [Why We Need Fix Retiree Benefits](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/why-we-need-fix-retiree-benefits) _2026-07-22 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ (and why you should join us) ## [Unity--Paras Need a Boost, and Retirees Can Piss Off](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/unity-paras-need-a-boost-and-retirees) _2026-07-18 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Unity strives to help members only when they calculate it will help Unity. ## [How Mulgrew and Unity Betrayed Retirees AND Paraprofessionals](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/how-mulgrew-and-unity-betrayed-retirees) _2026-07-14 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Let me count the ways. ## [Democracy, UFT style](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/democracy-uft-style) _2026-07-10 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ In a rare move of inter-union solidarity, a CSA member gifted me the coffee cup you see pictured above. ## [Our UFT Retiree Survey Says...](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/our-uft-retiree-survey-says) _2026-07-08 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ 599 people have responded to the Fix Retiree Benefits Survey so far. Here are the results. ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sGET7d1eK6oV) _2026-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Real Respect for Paras](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/real-respect-for-paras) _2026-07-06 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ It would include, at the very least, a path to tenure. ## [Unity's Trifecta of Indifference](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/unitys-trifecta-of-indifference) _2026-07-02 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Three Pillars of Abject Failure ## [Making AI the Teacher](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/making-ai-the-teacher) _2026-06-29 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Leaving education to the dogs ## [Tonight’s the Night: Join the Fix Retiree Benefits Organizing Town Hall at 7 PM](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/tonights-the-night-join-the-fix-retiree) _2026-06-28 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ Hundreds have registered already! There's still time and space to register. ## [Do You Know What This Is?](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/do-you-know-what-this-is) _2026-06-26 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Most city teachers, evidently, do not. ## [No More Unity Gaslighting. We Demand Better.](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/no-more-unity-gaslighting-we-demand) _2026-06-23 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ We've earned it. ## [On Getting Nothing Done](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/on-getting-nothing-done) _2026-06-19 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ and declaring victory ## [RTC Meeting--Michael Mulgrew Opposes Union Division (Unless He Creates It)](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/rtc-meeting-michael-mulgrew-opposes) _2026-06-16 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ Exception to every rule ## [Fix Retiree Benefits: Join our 6/28 Zoom Organizing Town Hall and Help Us Build Our Slate Platform](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/fix-retiree-benefits-join-our-628) _2026-06-16 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ Join other UFT retirees as we launch to organize our group and for the upcoming 2027 UFT RTC elections. Also, help us build our platform priorities by taking our members-first survey. ## [We're Not Going Down With the SHIP](https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/were-not-going-down-with-the-ship) _2026-06-14 · Arthur Goldstein · Union Matters_ No, thank you. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OQkNOKJVIriM) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Who We Are](https://fixretireebenefitsuft.substack.com/p/who-we-are) _2026-06-09 · Fix Retiree Benefits - UFT · FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT_ We are a coalition of union proud and union strong UFT retirees committed to protecting and expanding the rights, benefits, and retirement security of every retired educator in New York City — exploring a run as a slate in the 2027 UFT Retired Teachers Chapter elections to bring stronger, more responsive, members first, member-driven leadership. ## [Tom Pappas](https://ufthonors.uft.org/pappas/) _2026-02-13 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Former UFT Secretary Tom Pappas, remembered as a "tough as nails" yet deeply kind educator and union leader whose career spanned decades, died on Feb. 13. He was 93. The post Tom Pappas appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Jimelle Fraser](https://ufthonors.uft.org/fraser/) _2026-01-14 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Jimelle Fraser, a teacher and chapter leader at Brighter Choice Community School in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant, died on Jan. 14, 2026, at the age of 52. The post Jimelle Fraser appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Carol Morey](https://ufthonors.uft.org/morey/) _2025-12-02 · John Bligh · UFT Honors_ Carol Morey, a retired high school French teacher who played a role in the battle to prevent pregnant teachers from being fired, died on Dec. 2, 2025, at age 92 after a long battle with Lewy body disease. The post Carol Morey appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Karla Yvonne McFarlane](https://ufthonors.uft.org/mcfarlane/) _2025-11-22 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Karla Yvonne McFarlane, a lifelong dancer who taught at PS 306 in East New York, Brooklyn, died on Nov. 22, 2025, at the age of 65. The post Karla Yvonne McFarlane appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Bernardo Sanchez](https://ufthonors.uft.org/sanchez/) _2025-11-01 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Bernardo Sanchez, a patient and loving paraprofessional and UFT paraprofessional representative at P94@P276, a District 75 program in Manhattan, died of multiple health complications on Nov. 1, 2025. He was 77. The post Bernardo Sanchez appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [David Greenberg](https://ufthonors.uft.org/greenberg/) _2025-10-25 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ David Greenberg, a retired school counselor known for his professionalism and love of helping students, died on Oct. 25, 2025, at the age of 90 from multiple health complications. The post David Greenberg appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Alice Cumba](https://ufthonors.uft.org/cumba/) _2025-09-17 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Alice Cumba loved being a teacher, and that joy extended beyond her workday as a longtime math teacher, delegate and chapter leader at IS 145 in Queens, where she had worked for 16 years. The post Alice Cumba appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Patricia Martucci](https://ufthonors.uft.org/martucci/) _2025-09-14 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Patricia "Pat" Martucci, a math teacher and chapter leader at PS 97 in Brooklyn's Gravesend, was a tenacious, witty and generous unionist who relentlessly supported her colleagues. She died on Sept. 14, 2025, at the age of 81. The post Patricia Martucci appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Danielle Lehtinen](https://ufthonors.uft.org/lehtinen/) _2025-09-13 · UFT Admin · UFT Honors_ Danielle Lehtinen, a longtime art and music teacher and chapter leader at PS 58 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, was known as a committed arts educator and dedicated union activist who promoted a culture of respect for educators and students alike. She died on Sept. 13 of lung cancer. She was 70. The post Danielle Lehtinen appeared first on UFT Honors . ## [Dorothy (Dorrie) Moller](https://ufthonors.uft.org/moller/) _2025-09-02 · John Bligh · UFT Honors_ Dorothy Moller, a devoted paraprofessional who loved her work and was loved in return by the medically fragile students she served at PS 37 on Staten Island, died on Sept. 2, 2025, following a heart attack. She was 67. The post Dorothy (Dorrie) Moller appeared first on UFT Honors .