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To the editor:
State legislation that would have preserved the current health benefits of all state and city retirees, Health Equity for Retirees (S3607/A4639), is dead on arrival. State Senator Pete Harckham, the bill's sponsor in that chamber, caved to the machinations of District Council 37’s Henry Garrido and the United Federation of Teachers’ Michael Mulgrew.
The bill would also have done away with recently enacted co-pays that these same union heads allowed to happen. The NYC Municipal Labor Committee controlled by Garrido and Mulgrew has embraced reduced health care for retirees while also accepting contractual raises for their members that fail to meet increases in the cost of living.
It's time to elect leaders who will send the current union heads and their patronage mills packing. We can learn much from advocate Marianne Pizzitola and the Chicago Teachers Union for their unapologetic support of unionists. NYC labor needs a major reset!
Joseph Campbell
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