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Contract’s next pay increase comes on Jan. 18

The next 3% pay increase from our 2023 contract is scheduled to take effect on Thursday, Jan. 18.

Guidance for proctoring Regents exams

If you are assigned as a hall monitor or proctor for Regents exams, please review the DOE's guidance.

Defend children’s right to shelter

Mayor Eric Adams has introduced a new policy to limit families with children to a 60-day stay in shelters. Sign this petition calling on the mayor to reverse this policy before it creates chaos in our schools and harms families who are the most in need of our support.

Enrollment drive saves Harlem school’s funding

When PS 30, a United Community School in Harlem, found out in early October that it was going to lose $285,000 due to low enrollment, it decided to take the initiative and find 30 more students. By the end of October, PS 30 had 76 new students — more than double its goal — and now a budget increase of $85,000.


UFT nurses’ arbitration victory

Federation of Nurses/UFT members employed by NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn won a significant victory in their long-running battle with the Sunset Park hospital over short staffing when an independent arbitrator on Dec. 1 sided with the union and ruled that the hospital must compensate nurses that work on short-staffed shifts. 


Class-size cap omitted from Portland deal

After striking for more than three weeks in November, the Portland, Oregon school district and the union representing teachers, school counselors and other employees reached an agreement that boosts salaries and planning time. But the new contract does not place a cap on class size, as educators had wanted.