New York TeacherOctober 30, 2026
Preparing a seat at the table: Members are gearing up to make their voices heard! An all-important survey hits members' email in November as the UFT asks members to speak up about the issues most important to them. It is all part of preparing a seat at the negotiation table in advance of talks to win a new DOE-UFT contract next year aided by the important work of the union's record 750-member UFT Contract Negotiating Committee.
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Standing union strong
“It’s going to take all hands on deck to get us from here to the finish line,” Carl Cambria, the union’s chief negotiator, told members on Sept. 17 during the first in-person meeting of the UFT Contract Negotiating Committee. Some 750 members from all divisions and titles — the union’s largest bargaining committee ever — gathered inside Shanker Hall at UFT headquarters for what is expected to be more than a year of crafting demands and negotiating to secure a new contract with the city Department of Education.
The current DOE-UFT contract expires on Nov. 28, 2027. Members volunteered to join the current negotiating committee at the end of last school year. The first meeting was held online on June 23; the Sept. 17 in-person meeting briefed committee members on the specifics of the negotiations timeline, the process of setting contract goals and the importance of building solidarity and engagement…
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Two significant advances for retiree benefits came out of the October Delegate Assembly. First, UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced that a campaign to improve the annual pension cost of living adjustment (COLA) will be the primary focus of the union’s legislative agenda this year, and of our lobbying in Albany in March. Second, a resolution supporting City Council Int. 1008-2026 was placed on the DA agenda.Pension COLA
Two years ago, the Delegate Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for a fairer pension COLA. It was an important acknowledgment that retiree interests deserve attention. Then things stalled, as the union focused on the Fix Tier 6 and paraprofessional RESPECT campaigns, both worthy efforts. Retirees were left wondering where the COLA campaign had gone. RTC delegations met repeatedly with the Teachers’ Retirement System teacher…
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