The UFT posthumously honored two accomplished members who died this year and presented their families with memorial plaques: Ron Jones, a former vice president for elementary schools, and Richard Miller, a former vice president of middle schools.


The UFT Welfare Fund Retiree Social Services' Nationwide Telephone Reassurance Program offers support for retirees that is just a phone call away. Retirees can chat for as long as they need about whatever issue they may wish to discuss or may be going through.

Zohran Mamdani's election is great news for union members and for the UFT. Never before have we had a mayor who is a stronger champion of workers, labor unions and ordinary New Yorkers.


Richard Sacher, who retired from teaching in 2005, has made acting and singing his second act.

Some 265 new UFT retirees were celebrated for their service, passion and commitment to changing students’ lives during the UFT Welfare Fund’s New Retiree Luncheon at UFT headquarters on Nov. 18.