Important Alert: Deceptive Anti-Union Email

Dear Colleagues,Earlier today, many of you received an email from a group called "Opt Out Today" encouraging you to withdraw from NYSUT (see attached screenshot). BMUST wants to make sure you know who is behind this email and what their agenda is.
The email was sent by the Freedom Foundation, a wealthy, out-of-state organization whose goal is to weaken public-sector unions like ours. Some of you might also have received postcards from them in the mail. Their goal is to mislead members into leaving the union, and ultimately giving up their rights – including our contractual rights to due process, the grievance process and fair treatment, and the many benefits and protections we have worked hard to achieve.
These outside groups target our union because we've been successful through our collective efforts. In a recent email, I reminded you of AFT's and NYSUT's recent wins (universal school meals, cell phone bans, increased school funding, and fixes to Tier 6, to name a few). At the local level, BMUST works every day to enforce our contract and ensure our members are protected – our union is our voice.
Please do not click the links in their emails and discard any postcards that might arrive in the mail. These attacks are meant to divide us.  Our unity is our strength, and that is exactly why they are targeting us.
You can learn more about these anti-union campaigns by visiting NYSUT's Fight Back Campaign website and reviewing the attached flyer.

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.


Best,
Dennis