News Stories
UFT members say, ‘No kings’
Joining more than 7 million protesters nationwide, more than 200 UFT members marched up Sixth Avenue alongside members from other New York City unions as part of the No Kings March in Manhattan on Oct. 18.
U.S. DOE’s special education office gutted
The Trump administration is targeting the jobs of more than 450 workers in the U.S. Department of Education as part of a reduction-in-force during the ongoing government shutdown. Among the casualties would be the office responsible for oversight of some $15 billion in special education funding for 7.5 million children with disabilities.
Voucher botch in South Carolina
More than 1,200 of the roughly 3,000 South Carolina students who received school vouchers last school year later withdrew or were removed from the taxpayer-funded program due to eligibility concerns, according to state Department of Education data.
10,000 jobs at risk as judge halts layoffs
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal.
Matching families with needed child care
The UFT is making it easier for NYC families to find child care. NYC Childcare Navigator is an expansion of an online tool the union launched a year ago to help members find child care options and apply for programs that could offset the cost.
Premium-free health care secured
Premium-free health benefits for city workers have been secured for the next five years under a new contract between the city and municipal unions establishing the NYCE PPO plan. The plan, administered jointly by EmblemHealth and UnitedHealthcare, will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.