Your Benefits as a New Teacher

As a UFT member, you have one of the best health-benefits packages anywhere.

At a time when many workers have no health benefits and higher costs are leading many employers to reduce existing benefits, the union has maintained the quality of benefits and even made improvements.

As a full-time teacher, you are entitled to:

• A choice of health plans, which city unions jointly negotiate for their members. There is a health plan for every need, from free plans like HIP or basic GHI to a range of plans that allow you to choose your own physicians.
• Supplemental benefits such as dental, optical, hearing and prescription drug coverage provided by the union through the UFT Welfare Fund.
• Optional additional benefits through our state affiliate NYSUT.

Together, these benefits represent savings to you worth thousands of dollars a year.