Retirees packed Shanker Hall for the RTC general membership meeting on April 9, where the focus of discussion was the union's strategy for the upcoming mayoral race.

The UFT resolves to call upon the AFT, the NEA and the AFL-CIO to tell President Obama to fight to protect the social safety net, to not allow any cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security, and to now allow any change in these programs to measuring inflation by a standard that grows more slowly.