A grave risk to our rights and benefits
New York voters will be asked in November 2017 if they want to hold a constitutional convention to revise our state constitution. What’s at stake? Everything. The rights now enshrined in the constitution will all be fair game.
Our strength in challenging times
We have to hold fast to our core beliefs: that public education is critical to the future of this country; that all communities within our school communities deserve respect and dignity; and that workers have a right to unionize and be treated fairly. Our union’s 56-year history is built on fighting for those core beliefs. And nothing that happened on Nov. 8 has changed that.
Hillary Clinton for president
Curbing excessive paperwork
When we hear a constant drumroll of complaints about a persistent obstacle, we take it seriously. And paperwork is the No. 1 complaint our members have about their workday.
Facing a year of opportunities
Fair funding tops the UFT list of priorities this year; it will be the centerpiece of our lobbying effort in Albany.
Taking stock of a year of good work
Those who oppose public education and teacher unions had major setbacks this year. But the threats against us remain.
PROSE and teacher empowerment
PROSE exemplifies what the UFT has always sought for the teaching profession: collaboration, greater teacher voice in how teaching and learning is accomplished, opportunities for professional growth.
We need real measures of learning
What’s a better way to judge how much someone has learned — hours of marking bubbles on a standardized test, or a semester-long project like building a robot, mastering a piece of music or a deep dive into a moment in history?
High stakes in presidential race
No time for complacency
It’s not clear how Friedrichs and the other cases that were on the court docket at the time of Scalia’s death will be decided. But one thing is certain: The anti-worker forces arrayed against us aren’t going away.