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Karen Alford

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 the diverse titles and collective bargaining units in the UFT.
Kathy Hochul podium

Governor Hochul proposes $110 million to strengthen child care / La gobernadora Hochul propone $110 millones para fortalecer el cuidado infantil

Read about an important proposal that impacts child care providers. / Lea sobre una propuesta importante que afecta a los proveedores de cuidado infantil.

UFT presses city to pay up

UFT presses city to pay up

At an Oct. 3 press conference on the steps of City Hall, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and UFT Family Child Care Providers Chapter Leader Tammie Miller demanded that the city pay 47 child care providers who lost out on two months’ payments after the network that employed them went bankrupt and closed.
Child Care Providers

UFT demands NYC pay childcare providers the money they are owed

UFT President Michael Mulgrew, union leaders, and the chair of the City Council Education Committee on Wednesday demanded New York City to stop stalling and pay childcare providers the more than $500,000 they are owed for caring for city children.

Provider Appreciation Awards

Provider Appreciation Awards Ceremony

More than 500 providers and guests gathered on May 10 to celebrate the role that family child care providers play in not only caring for and preparing children for school but also in stabilizing families and, by extension, the city’s economy.

Brooklyn-Manhattan awards ceremony

Provider Appreciation Awards Ceremony 2023

More than 50 UFT family childcare providers received awards for chapter leadership, outstanding professional services, excellent regulatory compliance and other achievements at four ceremonies in different boroughs this spring.