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Members rally and win at PS 157
After months of organizing that culminated with a protest rally outside their school on April 16, staff and parents at PS 157 in the Bronx have spurred the Department of Education and NYPD to take immediate action to improve safety outside the Melrose school.
DA recommends Christina McGrath for TRS post
The Delegate Assembly overwhelmingly voted to support Christina McGrath for election as teacher-member of the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System board. The election takes place in schools on May 8.
Find your tribe
UFT members have an opportunity to connect with like-minded colleagues on a deeper level, thanks to a unionwide invigoration of UFT professional committees and a new enrollment process that makes it much easier to participate.
‘Follow the law’
The UFT has accused Mayor Adams and the city Department of Education of trying to sabotage the implementation of the state law lowering class size in New York City public schools.
The state has significantly increased aid for city schools to finance the cost of lowering class sizes. But the mayor and the DOE are “inflating cost estimates, inventing excuses and gaslighting the public,” said UFT Assistant Secretary Michael Sill.
Ask George
Members with questions about their union rights and benefits can now ask George, the UFT’s automated and interactive UFT Member Hub guide.
Union households are wealthier
Typical union households have 1.7 times the median wealth as their nonunion counterparts, according to a new Center for American Progress report