Rich Mantell (right), the UFT vice president for middle schools, joins Guidance Counselors Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson (fourth from left) and other UFT staff members in the staging area before the parade.

UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds meets up with Richmond Hill HS Chapter Leader Charles DiBenedetto (center) and activist retiree Ken Achiron.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (right) shows it’s never too early to start recruiting future union members.

Many marchers came to express their support for union faculty members at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus who were locked out of the school during ongoing contract negotiations.

A proud union member gives her children a chance to get an up-close-and-personal lesson about workers’ rights.

This foursome knows there’s strength in numbers.

Retiree Paul Schickler joins UFT Communications Department staffer Bernadette Weeks on the march.

These smiling UFT members were among hundreds who signed up to march alongside other city unions, all led by Grand Marshal James Callahan of the International Union of Operating Engineers.

Paraprofessionals were out in force.

Marchers walked to the beat of the marching band from Tottenville HS on Staten Island.