JD2718

No matter what anyone says... Medicare Advantage for UFT Retirees was defeated, by retirees, In the courts and In the Retired Teachers Chapter election.

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/23/won-in-court-won-at-the-ballot/

What if the next UFT election were held tomorrow? And all the results were the same as 2022? Except the retirees voted like they just did?

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/21/retired-teacher-election-what-if/

If you begged me for a number I might have said "43% - 57%, best Retiree Advocate result ever, but not yet enough to win." And it turned out, I was wrong.

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/21/the-retired-teachers-vote-what-i-missed/

We had a chance, but we were underdogs. I started saying that August 2023, and I stuck with that line until the results started coming in Friday, June 14, 2024. The Retired Teachers Chapter of th...

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/16/retiree-advocate-when-i-knew-we-had-won/

Results are not yet official. But…. There are over 28,000 votes, up from 23,000 three years ago. Since the extra votes are mostly ours, and the margin was 9500 last time, and there were clearly...

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/14/retiree-advocate-wins/

This will be the closest race ever for leadership of the Retired Teachers Chapter. Retiree Advocate is running a strong race. Unity shot itself in the foot with their backroom deal for Medicare A...

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/13/uft-retiree-election-some-numbers/

The Retiree Advocate Platform: We wrote it over the fall, finalized it at the start of February. All of our 300 candidates accepted it and we published it April 10

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/11/retiree-advocate-platform-2024/

You have to ask this question: if Mulgrew wins... what happens to healthcare?

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/08/if-mulgrew-wins-what-happens-to-healthcare/

Officers and Delegates / RTC Meetings / Communications / Retirees Contribute! / Preserve Medicare?

https://jd2718.org/2024/06/07/uft-retiree-election-whats-at-stake/

Gmail stopped updating. Why? "Unusual activity." I sent so many emails about the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter election, that I triggered some algorithm.

https://jd2718.org/2024/05/19/the-uft-retiree-election-and-unusual-activity/

The number one issue in the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter election is healthcare. How do you know? Unity – Still wants to force you into Medicare Advantage This is too easy. Look what Unity sent...

https://jd2718.org/2024/05/17/uft-retiree-election-medicare-advantage-yes-or-no/

Your ballot is in the mail, or has just arrived. When you get it, vote for Retiree Advocate. Retiree Advocate wants to preserve our current healthcare. Vote for Retiree Advocate. Mulgrew and Unit...

https://jd2718.org/2024/05/15/vote-for-retiree-advocate/

Ballots were mailed today. Our moment is near at hand. But what can we still do? You probably already know about voting yourself, and using social media. Skip down to #3 – “Get Others to Vote...

https://jd2718.org/2024/05/10/uft-retiree-election-you-can-make-a-difference/

Retiree Advocate / UFT needs to activate all voters, any voters. New voters will break 2:1 in our favor - or even higher.

https://jd2718.org/2024/05/08/get-out-the-vote-is-different-for-uft-retirees/

This is a repost. Eric Chasanoff died from COVID-19 the first week of May, 2020. Were he still with us today, he would have been writing blistering attacks on those (Mulgrew, Murphy, Adams, Unity...

https://jd2718.org/2024/05/06/chaz-3/