Retirees chart course ahead at contiguous meeting

cores of retiree activists traveled to the Capital Region in September for the 2023 NYSUT Retiree Contiguous ED 51–53 meeting. Led by Florence McCue, ED 51–53 at-large director, the annual event charts the retirees’ agenda for the year ahead and determines what resolutions the group will propose at the NYSUT Representative Assembly in May. Ron Gross, NYSUT second vice president, whose office coordinates retiree issues, and NYSUT Executive Vice President Emeritus Alan Lubin, were on hand for the event.

Other event highlights included a tribute to longtime union activist and UFT founder George Altomare, who died in August; presentations about the history of NYSUT Retiree Councils and New York’s National Education Association retiree group; and sessions about farmworker rights, federal Social Security legislation and the statewide union’s Fix Tier 6 VOTE-COPE campaign.