A Queens member connects the dots at the contract rally outside Queens Borough Hall.

UFT members were loud and proud on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn.

Manhattan members show their handmade signs at the rally outside the State Office Building in Harlem.

UFT members show up in force at the Bronx rally.

UFT members from PS 4 on Staten Island gather on the boardwalk to send their message to the city.

At the Brooklyn rally, UFT President Michael Mulgrew blasted the over-testing and paperwork that is eating up time better spent on students. "We give an assessment, and then we give an assessment on the assessment, and then we give an assessment to check the assessment on the assessment. Is that helping children?"

One Queens member draws the connection between educators’ working conditions and students’ learning conditions.

Staten Island members show their determination to fight for a fair contract.

Members from PS 100 in the Bronx demand a fair contract at their rally in Virginia Park.

Teachers from Mosaic Pre-K Center turn out for the Manhattan rally.

Two paraprofessionals from PS 162 in Queens make their message clear.

A member of the UFT’s Speech Chapter makes her message clear at the Brooklyn rally.

Staten Island members turned out strong for their rally on the boardwalk.

UFT members from across Queens came out to demand a fair contract outside Queens Borough Hall.

"Love 4 Teachers Doesn’t Pay NY Rent — Fair Contract Now!!" was one of the many signs handmade to deliver the union’s message to the city.