# uft (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover uft. Page: Feed: --- ## [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. ## [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. ## [Tonight on Talk Out of School: Retired Paras Pay the Price for TRS’s Mistake](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/tonight-on-talk-out-of-school-retired) _2026-08-09 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ Tune in tonight at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM and wbai.org ## [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. ## [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 ## [Urgent Action: Sign the Petition for a 2 Year Moratorium on the Use of AI in NYC Schools](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/urgent-action-sign-the-petition-for) _2026-07-29 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ Before AI Becomes Another School Mistake, Let’s Hit Pause. Sign the petition, now. ## [When Mulgrew and Menin's Politics Become the Members' Politics](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/when-mulgrew-and-menins-politics) _2026-07-28 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ How one para bill, one endorsement controversy, one internal union email, and one paid ad exposes a larger struggle inside the UFT. And who declared war? UFT President Michael Mulgrew or the members? ## [The Good, Bad and Ugly - The NYC Para Bill](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/the-good-bad-and-ugly-the-nyc-para) _2026-07-21 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ A deep dive into the UFT and City Council's $10k pay plan for paraprofessionals. ## [The Respect Check Passes: A Temporary Victory Built By Pressure - And the Unfinished Fight.](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/the-respect-check-passes-a-temporary) _2026-07-19 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ How rank-and-file pressure pushed paraprofessional pay from a union fight to a City Hall vote—and why the legislation remains temporary, non-pensionable and legally unsettled. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Y50sjtwjx6q8) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [The Newly Revised UFT Para Bill: The Promise That Kept Shrinking](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/the-newly-revised-uft-para-bill-the) _2026-07-11 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ How the UFT sold a permanent para pay index that would seek to offset pattern bargaining—and ended up with a temporary one-year payment. And only if it passes or survives legal challenges at all. ## [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. ## [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. ## [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. ## [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. ## [Urgent: The Bill Passed, But Still Not Signed by Governor. The Fight for Union Democracy & Free Speech Continues.](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/urgent-the-bill-passed-but-still) _2026-06-05 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ The NYS Legislature passed the Union Communications bill. The debate and fight for it to be amended is far from over. We must take action, now! ## [URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Tell Albany to Protect Union Democracy](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/urgent-call-to-action-tell-albany) _2026-06-03 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ The NYS Legislature is moving quickly. Help ensure New York protects both labor organizations and the democratic rights of the workers they represent. ## [New York’s Union Communications Bill: Stopping Fraud or Criminalizing Dissent?](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/new-yorks-union-communications-bill) _2026-05-29 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ There's more than meets the eye with this "pro-union" legislation. Is it more about stopping the opt-out movement's practices or silencing dissent within the teachers union? Or both. ## [THEY TURNED OUR MENTAL HEALTH INTO A BUDGET LINE - GHI/EMBLEM'S GHOST NETWORK](https://thewire.educators.nyc/p/they-turned-our-mental-health-into-9d3) _2026-05-22 · Educators of NYC · The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC_ How EmblemHealth/GHI Failed City Workers’ Mental Health — Twice — While NYC and the MLC Turned the Crisis Into “Savings”