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Starbucks workers fight to unionize
Workers at 15 Starbucks locations across the United States announced union organization efforts on Jan. 31, joining a growing unionization wave at the coffee giant.
Huge grievance victory in Queens
A UFT school chapter in Queens stood up to — and stood together against — a hostile principal and won.
Encounter attendance upgrade: February 2022
The following email was sent from Vice President for Special Education MaryJo Ginese to all school counselors, speech teachers, occupational and physical therapists, social workers and psychologists on Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Feb. 7-11 is National School Counseling Week
The following email was sent from School Counselors Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson to all school counselors on Monday, Jan. 31.
Information about District 79 and LYFE
The following email was sent from School Counselors Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson to all school counselors on Thursday, Jan. 27.
Union wins spring break 2020 fight
In a decision that UFT members have been waiting for since the early days of the pandemic, an independent arbitrator ruled on Jan. 5 that members will receive a vacation day — a brand-new type of day — for each day they worked during the 2020 spring break.