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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 2d

Here's why the UFT Executive Board is wasteful, and here's how it could be improved as well.

A Meeting that Could Have Been an Email

UFT Executive Board October 6, 2025

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 4d

Today in stopped clocks, twice daily.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 6d

So far, in the redacted NYC health contract, we've identified one very unpleasant surprise. Hold onto your hats, because there may well be more.

UFT Health Insurance Is Like a Box of Chocolates

You never know what you're gonna get.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 6d

Hard to say. But were it not for that gig at the Turkish Embassy, or wherever, work could be on the horizon. And he's WAY too important and swaggery for that kind of thing.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Trump during the campaign: I never even heard of Project 2025, don’t know anything about it, don’t know who is involved.

Trump today:

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 6d

Who's defunding the police? Looks like Donald Trump.

Attacking New York: Trump’s brazen attempts to withhold N.Y. counterterror funds

The Trump Department of Homeland Security cutting $178 million in counter-terrorism programs for New York under the phony guise of immigration enforcement is an affront to the truth and the NYPD.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 7d

Well it probably beats working.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 7d

Amy Arundell doesn't think, "Pay less, get more," makes sense. Of course, like the rest of us, she's never seen the contract.

‘Don’t Bother Me!’ MLC OKs New Health Plan for NYC Workers Over Ongoing Protests — Work-Bites

By Steve Wishnia The city’s Municipal Labor Committee overwhelmingly approved a new health-insurance plan for current city workers and pre-Medicare retirees on Sept. 30, as protesters objected that ...

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 9d

Here are my notes and commentary from today's special UFT Delegate Assembly.

Minority Report

UFT Delegate Assembly passes health contract sight unseen, September 29, 2025

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 10d

Forgotten but not gone.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 11d

As teachers, we're role models. Would we allow our kids and students to sign important, potentially life-altering contracts they've never seen? If not, why are we on the verge of doing so ourselves?

A Pig in a Poke

What's in the new health plan?

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 13d

Well, he did say smart people don't like him.

Sidse AEgidius @saegidius.bsky.social · 13d

The weirdest take-down from 2nd term Don Quixote is that he now seems uncapable of telling even one single truth....

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 13d

Another project 2025 goal--destroying one of the last bastions of unionism left in the United States.

Oklahoma state superintendent who ordered schools to teach the Bible resigns to lead anti-teachers union group

Oklahoma state Superintendent Ryan Walters embraced controversial culture war issues during his tenure.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 14d

UFT Mike's got a used car to sell you, but you aren't allowed to choose it for yourself.

King Mike's Used Cars

They're better than new!

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 15d

Making America Sicker Again.

'Grim reaper': RFK Jr crony scorched by WSJ for attack on lifesaving cancer research

The Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed a key subordinate of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, calling him a "grim reaper" over his efforts to stop what coul...

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 15d

Among many others, I'm quoted in this piece about NYC retiree health care.

Under My Thumb: UFT Head Keeps a Lid on Retirees’ Push for Intro. 1096 — Work-Bites

By Steve Wishnia More than a year after United Federation of Teachers members angry about being switched into profit-driven Medicare Advantage plan  unseated the union’s dominant Unity caucus f...

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 16d

Looks like I can turn on Disney/ Hulu again. Daughter will be happy.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 16d

Just canceled Disney Plus. Hopeful my daughter will continue speaking to me.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18d

That’s me in the video. And a Fox News host just celebrated me being assaulted by ICE.

If ICE will do this to a congressional candidate with a big platform, just imagine what they’re doing to the people they’re kidnapping.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19d

Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 17d

She's a lightning rod. But without her, we'd likely still be in the dark.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria (nne Pizzitola)?

(With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein)

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 20d

Of course, I'm shocked and stunned.

Secret recording shows Success Academy CEO pressuring staff to lobby for charter schools

Eva Moskowitz said charter schools face "an existential threat."

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Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social · 21d

The universal New York City rite of passage? Your first adult apartment. Megan McArdle, Dan Smith, Ayo Balogun, @majoracarter.bsky.social, @teacherarthurg.bsky.social and Suketu Mehta share their stories.

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Vital City | My First Adult Apartment

Finding a place of your own in New York is notoriously challenging — but also rewarding. We asked some New Yorkers to reflect on their first apartments in the city.

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 21d

Big beautiful homelessness. No paywall for you today.

Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Could Hamper Efforts to House the Homeless

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Arthur Goldstein @teacherarthurg.bsky.social · 22d

What happened at last night's UFT Exec. Board? I sat through it so you wouldn't have to.

UFT Executive Board, September 15, 2015

I attend so you don't have to.

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