UFT members planning to have children were excited about the new paid parental leave policy and reassured about what it would mean for their families.

After months of intense negotiations and a public campaign by thousands of UFT members, we became the first public-sector union in the history of New York City to negotiate paid parental leave for the people we represent.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and three New York City public school educators — Carolyn Dugan, Eric Rubin-Perez and Jessica Jean-Marie — testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Civil Service and Labor...

The United Federation of Teachers fully supports the terms of its newly won paid parental leave benefit.