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President's Perspective

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.

We will get through this together

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

The presidential election of 2016 is historic because we have an opportunity to elect the first woman president.
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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.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew

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.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew

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.

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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.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew

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?

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High stakes in presidential race

When New Yorkers vote in the presidential primary on April 19, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
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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.