Labor Parade 2025
More than 1,000 UFT members turned out in a powerful display of union pride as they marched up Fifth Avenue on Sept. 6 for New York City’s annual Labor Parade. Members paraded in solidarity with thousands of other unionists across the city, on foot, by float or atop a double-decker bus.
Members joyfully head up Fifth Avenue during the Labor Parade.
Members march pass the reviewing stand on Fifth Avenue during the Labor Parade.
The UFT banner is carried high as the union contingent advances along Fifth Avenue.
Members take selfies with UFT-backed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as he stops by the UFT staging area near the start of the parade on West 44th Street.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew waves from atop the union float as it passes the reviewing stand on Fifth Avenue.
UFT members create a sea of union blue as they amass for the Labor Parade.
School nurses, joined by School Nurses Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett (seated) and VNS Registered Nurses Chapter Leader Raquel Webb-Geddes (left), staff the first aid station at the UFT parade staging area.
UFT Teacher Center coaches, staffers and their guests get together for a photo in the UFT staging area near the start of the parade.
Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter show their union pride from atop the double-decker union parade bus.
School social workers and psychologists, joined by Chapter Leader Raul Garcia (second left), prepare to step off for the parade.
Paraprofessionals, joined by Chapter Chair Priscilla Castro (center), stand in unity along Fifth Avenue.
Lisette Morales Lugo (center), a bilingual school psychologist at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom HS in the Bronx, marches alongside fellow members up Fifth Avenue during the Labor Parade.
Throngs of UFT members carry banners displaying their union chapter names, including Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy.
Members joyfully head up Fifth Avenue during the Labor Parade.
Members march pass the reviewing stand on Fifth Avenue during the Labor Parade.
The UFT banner is carried high as the union contingent advances along Fifth Avenue.
Members take selfies with UFT-backed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as he stops by the UFT staging area near the start of the parade on West 44th Street.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew waves from atop the union float as it passes the reviewing stand on Fifth Avenue.
UFT members create a sea of union blue as they amass for the Labor Parade.
School nurses, joined by School Nurses Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett (seated) and VNS Registered Nurses Chapter Leader Raquel Webb-Geddes (left), staff the first aid station at the UFT parade staging area.
UFT Teacher Center coaches, staffers and their guests get together for a photo in the UFT staging area near the start of the parade.
Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter show their union pride from atop the double-decker union parade bus.
School social workers and psychologists, joined by Chapter Leader Raul Garcia (second left), prepare to step off for the parade.
Paraprofessionals, joined by Chapter Chair Priscilla Castro (center), stand in unity along Fifth Avenue.
Lisette Morales Lugo (center), a bilingual school psychologist at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom HS in the Bronx, marches alongside fellow members up Fifth Avenue during the Labor Parade.
Throngs of UFT members carry banners displaying their union chapter names, including Speech Improvement Chapter Leader Caroline Murphy.