Cara Matthews

RTC rolled up their sleeves to help get out the vote for this year's midterm elections. Retirees staffed RTC phone banks, making calls in support of incumbents with pro-public education and pro-labor records. They also went door to door to canvass for candidates.

Through membership in the UFT, retirees have access to thousands of deals on everything from reduced-price Broadway and movie tickets to discounts on flights, hotels, cruises, flowers, meal preparation services and New York Yankees tickets.

The UFT has joined on as a defendant alongside the City Council to address the Mamdani administration's lawsuit challenging the Council's passage of the RESPECT check legislation for paraprofessionals. The UFT argues the administration has no standing to sue.

Retired paraprofessional Belkis Marte shares her passion for reading children in her native Dominican Republican in one of dozens of reading nooks she’s created there since her retirement.

Members at PS 35 in Hollis, Queens, are feeling victorious after a protracted fight against a retaliatory principal results in the principal being ousted. Chapter Leader Jonathan Licata, who, with the UFT's help, led his colleagues in the battle for four years, said persistance and patience paid off.

UFT, NYSUT and AFT experts and advocates joined hundreds of educators from across the state for NYSUT's 'Unplugged" conference. There, they discussed how to tackle deficits educators are seeing due to overreliance on technology, and ways to ensure humanity remains at the forefront in the classroom.

Hundreds of UFT members picked up the phones and pounded the pavement this fall to campaign for union-endorsed candidates who support education and labor unions in advance of Nov. 3's midterm elections.

The city Department of Education will likely achieve the lawful 70% compliance on class size this year, but getting the last 30% of schools to full compliance within the law by 2030 will be the toughest, and the union is ready for the fight ahead, UFT President Michael Mulgrew said at the Oct. 14 Delegate Assembly.

The salaries of UFT-represented employees will increase by 3.5% effective Sept. 14 as part of the 2022-2027 DOE-UFT contract that was ratified in 2023.

Fueled by decades of funny stories about teaching, retired 2nd-grade teacher Helaine Witt is going full throttle in making comedy her second act.