News for Retired Teachers
Resolution in support of HR 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act
This bill ensures that the prices Americans pay for the most expensive drugs are in line with the lower prices of the same drugs in other countries.
Hospital Stay in Touch program provides ‘angels’ for members
More than 100 retirees who were hospitalized last year received a daily, reassuring phone call from a geriatric social worker as part of the extensive support system the union’s Retiree Social Services provides for UFT retirees across the country and their family members.
Nov. 7, 1960: Teachers strike
The newly formed United Federation of Teachers was demanding collective bargaining rights and Superintendent of Schools John Theobald’s response was that he did not bargain with his own family.
Atlanta fits some retirees to a ‘Tea’
Atlanta retirees have their calendars marked for this year’s annual meeting scheduled for Nov. 14 at Merry Mac’s Tea Room.
Trio teaches those seeking citizenship
Three Tottenville HS retirees are doing what they do best — teaching. But this time around, their students are immigrants preparing for U.S. citizenship.
Make your voice heard
Some of us feel surrounded by angry, self-proclaimed, in-your-face assertions of populous democratic rights, but too often with nary a drop to acknowledge and nurture the great tradition of enlightened democratic achievement that organized labor and its progressive political allies fought to enshrine in our social contract over the last century.
The albatross? You decide.