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Labor Parade 2024

More than 1,200 UFT members came out in force on Sept. 7 to take part in New York City's annual Labor Parade. Members and their families gathered on 46th Street before parading up Fifth Avenue to Central Park on foot, by float or atop double-decker buses in solidarity with their counterparts from other unions across the city.

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Labor Parade 2024

School secretary Camille Orta (center) of Brooklyn’s Van Siclen Community MS leads her fellow members in displaying their union pride along the parade route.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

A sea of blue shirts brings the UFT’s energy to the streets of New York City.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

UFT marchers, including PS 174, Queens, teacher — and bagpiper — Richie Niccolich, cross 57th Street.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (4th from left) leads the way as UFT officers join him in holding the union’s banner high.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Food trucks parked in the parade staging area provide sustenance to UFT members before the march.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

School social workers and psychologists mark the moment.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Getting in tune with his student musicians before the parade steps off is teacher Frank Scarano, the director of the Staten Island Port Richmond HS Marching Band.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

All smiles in the parade staging area are (from left) Teacher Assigned member Kimberly Black, teacher Jade Speller from PS 195 in Queens, teacher Laurel Paul from PS 233 in Brooklyn and paraprofessional Ishraga Edah from PS 205 in Brooklyn.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Teacher Jenni Dyer of MS 167 in Manhattan lights up the parade route with her dog, J'ouvert, and Member Representative Jamie Polzin of the UFT Manhattan borough office.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Paraprofessional Dina Bruno of MS 297 in Queens picks up UFT swag near the registration table.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

UFT retirees smile and wave as they motor up Fifth Avenue in a double-decker bus near the conclusion of the Labor Parade.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

School secretary Camille Orta (center) of Brooklyn’s Van Siclen Community MS leads her fellow members in displaying their union pride along the parade route.

Jonathan Fickies
Image
Labor Parade 2024

A sea of blue shirts brings the UFT’s energy to the streets of New York City.

Jonathan Fickies
Image
Labor Parade 2024

UFT marchers, including PS 174, Queens, teacher — and bagpiper — Richie Niccolich, cross 57th Street.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (4th from left) leads the way as UFT officers join him in holding the union’s banner high.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Food trucks parked in the parade staging area provide sustenance to UFT members before the march.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

School social workers and psychologists mark the moment.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Getting in tune with his student musicians before the parade steps off is teacher Frank Scarano, the director of the Staten Island Port Richmond HS Marching Band.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

All smiles in the parade staging area are (from left) Teacher Assigned member Kimberly Black, teacher Jade Speller from PS 195 in Queens, teacher Laurel Paul from PS 233 in Brooklyn and paraprofessional Ishraga Edah from PS 205 in Brooklyn.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Teacher Jenni Dyer of MS 167 in Manhattan lights up the parade route with her dog, J'ouvert, and Member Representative Jamie Polzin of the UFT Manhattan borough office.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

Paraprofessional Dina Bruno of MS 297 in Queens picks up UFT swag near the registration table.

Jonathan Fickies
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Labor Parade 2024

UFT retirees smile and wave as they motor up Fifth Avenue in a double-decker bus near the conclusion of the Labor Parade.

Jonathan Fickies

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