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UFT Statement on DOE–SCA Proposed Capital Plan
The UFT issued a statement in response to the proposed five-year capital plan recently issued by the New York City School Construction Authority.
Developing a gratitude practice
Gratefulness is an awareness practice: a way of deepening and directing our attention. Gratefulness can make us more resilient and flexible in the face of life’s challenges and can deepen our appreciation of life’s joys.
Resolution to support an end to the cycle of violence in the Middle East
The UFT Delegate Assembly condemned the attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and resolved to work with those willing to make any and all efforts to end the cycle of violence and to bring peace to the region for Palestinians and Israelis.
Becoming a better version of yourself
Whatever your age, whatever your life stage, it’s never too late to take stock of your life, identify what you would like to be different and work toward making those changes, one day at a time.
School Counselors Chapter Newsletter - September 2023
Information about 55 minutes for remote work, repurposed time and hours, student services managers and suspensions.
Testimony on protecting New Yorkers from heat and air quality emergencies
Jeffrey Povalitis, the UFT's Director of Safety & Health, submitted testimony before the New York City Council Health Committee’s Oversight Hearing on protecting New Yorkers from heat and air quality emergencies.
Off to a good start
September’s hint of cooler weather brings the feeling of a new year and a fresh start.
Nurses charge NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn puts patients at risk by ignoring mandated staff/patient ratios
On hundreds of occasions in the last 18 months, patients at NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn have been put at risk by the understaffing of nurses and aides, including in the hospital’s Intensive and Critical Care units. The Federation of Nurses/UFT...
Update on DOE and TRS data breach
The DOE recently notified the approximately 130,000 in-service UFT members and 36,000 former employees whose confidential information might have been exposed in a large data breach in June.
UFT, students, educators sue DOE demanding equity at American Sign Language and English Lower School in Manhattan
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District of New York, asserts the DOE has put students and staff who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing at risk by refusing to install an appropriate emergency notification system that would alert deaf members of the...