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UFT on principals' union call for a delay in the implementation of the vaccine mandate

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement in response to Council of School Supervisors and Administrators President Mark Cannizzaro's call for the DOE to delay implementation of the vaccine mandate for employees due to staffing issues.

Statement by Municipal Labor Committee Chair Harry Nespoli on vaccination ruling

Municipal Labor Committee Chair Harry Nespoli issued a statement in response to a judge's decision to lift the temporary restraining order on the city's vaccine mandate for employees.

UFT on changes to school testing and quarantine policy

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement in response to Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement that schools would resume weekly COVID testing and that unvaccinated students would no longer automatically quarantine after exposure to a positive case.

UFT calls on mayor to restore weekly COVID testing

UFT President Michael Mulgrew called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore weekly COVID testing in schools.

Statement by Municipal Labor Committee Chair Harry Nespoli in vaccine mandate case

New York State Supreme Court Judge Laurence Love today signed a temporary restraining order in the case brought by the Municipal Labor Committee against the city’s mandate of COVID vaccines for all city workers.

Arbitrator rules city must offer non-classroom work to teachers with Covid vaccination medical/religious exemptions

An independent arbitrator has ruled that New York City teachers with certain documented medical conditions must be offered non-classroom assignments. Other staffers reluctant to take the vaccine must be offered either an unpaid leave that maintains their health coverage, or a severance package.