5% salary increase starts May 19
UFT-represented educators will get a 5 percent raise on May 19, the same day the new five-year longevity for members who have completed five years of service in the New York City school system takes effect. Read More...
UFT: Tweed created job barriers for ATRs
Having failed to achieve one of its principal objectives in the 2005 and 2006 contracts – namely firing excessed (displaced) teachers – the DOE has enlisted a non-profit organization with millions of dollars in DOE contracts to issue a report that recommends firing ATRs, who have rock-solid job security under the contract. Read More...
Mayor doesn’t keep his word on education funding
The headlines reporting the mayor’s stripped-down May 1 executive budget, including some $450 million in cuts to education, could have read: “Bloomberg to schools: You are not the priority anymore.” Read More...
