Dara N. Sharif
New York Teacher Editor
May Day! May Day!
The New York City Labor Council, AFL-CIO, organizes a rally every May 1 to mark International Workers’ Day. But the size of this year’s event dwarfed those in years past as more than 15,000 union members, including hundreds of UFT members, marched from Foley Square to Bowling Green in lower Manhattan to denounce the Trump administration’s attacks on worker, immigrant and union rights.
Provider Appreciation Awards Ceremony
About 400 members of the UFT Family Child Care Providers Chapter and their guests filled Shanker Hall at union headquarters on May 9 for the 12th annual Provider Appreciation Awards Ceremony to honor more than 50 providers for the extraordinary work they do at their home-based child care centers in support of children and their families throughout New York City.
Port in the storm
The educational team who make up the World Cultures and Languages Academy small learning community at John Adams HS in Queens labor daily to support the often delicate and specialized needs of their predominantly immigrant and English language learner students.
Trying success on for size
Karina Budhu, an aspiring teacher and SVA apprentice, is a rare woman in tech and the winner of this year's Edwin Espaillat Award at the 2025 CTE Awards Recognition Ceremony.
Educators Night on Broadway
Some 500 UFT members celebrated Educators Night on Broadway on March 11 at a performance of “Sunset Boulevard” at the St. James Theatre.
Fired nurses get their jobs back
Nine Federation of Nurses/UFT members who were unfairly stripped of their livelihoods have won back their jobs at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in one of the biggest arbitration victories that the UFT has ever achieved for unlawful terminations
Making the leap — together
This school year, PS 133 in Harlem has three newly minted teachers who were employed as paraprofessionals at the school the previous year. The three, who have fashioned a mini support group for one another, are grateful for the help of the union and the UFT Teacher Center in facilitating their climb up the career ladder.
Members say there’s no debate
UFT members said the stakes could not be higher this presidential election season as members, elected officials and guests came together at UFT headquarters on Sept. 10 to avidly watch the presidential debate between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
High school teachers win Fulbright award
High school teachers Lisa-Erika James and Marc Martorana, the only two New York City public school teachers to receive the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award for the 2023-2024 academic year, say they are eager to bring a global perspective to their classrooms this school year.
Hochul signs bills to keep kids SAFE
Gov. Kathy Hochul chose UFT headquarters on June 20 to sign into law two "first-in-the-nation" pieces of legislation to protect children online.