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UFT’s large and diverse ‘family’

Union leaders and representatives from the union’s private, nonprofit and Department of Education functional chapters gathered at union headquarters on Jan. 16 to kick off a new union initiative intended to showcase and amplify the work of members in...

Fresh air, fresh start

Spring is a perfect time to embrace the great outdoors, notice the newly budding leaves and blossoms, feel the fresh air and listen to the lilting sounds of birdsong from all the birds now migrating through.

Trump scrapyard

The president is taking a wrecking ball to schools and the U.S. Department of Education, federal jobs, Veterans Affairs, Medicaid and so much more.

Members lobby state lawmakers online

In the days following UFT Lobby Day in Albany, scores of UFT chapters held virtual lobby days in their schools to urge state lawmakers in emails and social media posts to fix Tier 6, update the state’s Foundation Aid formula and enact other UFT...

Moving away from NYC?

Moving out of the New York City area? Make sure you update your phone number and address with the UFT Membership Department and the Teachers' Retirement System. Here's how.

Happy birthday, UFT!

Free speech isn’t free

Support for Muslim educators welcomed

Don’t touch teachers’ cellphones

Paraprofessionals worth their weight in gold

UFT members comment on everything from the value of paraprofessionals to teachers' need for cellphones.