UFT School Nurses
The UFT school nurses chapter has come a long way over the past 27 years. We started with only 25 nurses and now have over 500 UFT school nurses. In every contract, we moved one step closer to gaining a 10-month work year which was finally achieved in 2005. However, over the years our chapter had to fight for Christmas and Easter vacations, increases in experience differentials, additional longevity steps and tuition reimbursement. We have been through the fact-finding process in which we won the same work day as teachers and we have won a two-year-long arbitration that provided us with overtime money for early and late bussing. All of these gains have been achieved because the UFT school nurses are a strong voice within our union. We have also established an educational program with Empire State College that provides a baccalaureate degree in Community Health for our Nurses.
In the 2007-08 school year, we have faced another challenge. Regional Nurses and District 75 Nurses are now being integrated under the Office of School Health. New issues are arising as a result of this merger but your chapter leadership is monitoring it closely.
This web site link will help to improve the timeliness of communication to make our chapter more efficient in addressing the issues. Please check back regularly for updates, which will help answer some of the questions that you may have.
In addition, please take a few moments to complete an online survey so that we can work together to keep our chapter strong.
