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Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter show their union pride from atop the double-decker union parade bus during the 2025 NYC Labor Parade.

Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter show their union pride from atop the double-decker union parade bus.

Jonathan Fickies
Retirees work the phones to elect Mamdani

Retired teacher Ronni Engelmyer makes calls in support of UFT-backed mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at UFT headquarters in Manhattan.

Jonathan Fickies
Retirees stand up for workers

Members of the RTC Labor Solidarity Project walk the picket lines with striking unionized theater workers on Feb. 3.

Jonathan Fickies
Retirees join the fight

Retired teacher and breast cancer survivor Susan Glassberg was among this year’s walkers.

Erica Berger
No Kings Rally

UFT members along with City Council member Keith Powers participated in the June 2025 No Kings Rally in New York. 

Retirees help turn out the vote

Retired member Neal Last (center) says interacting with people while canvassing in Philadelphia was “almost like teaching.”

Jonathan Fickies
Women smiling showing off pink and multicolored crocheted blanket
Retired Teachers Chapter members from Staten Island show off the afghan they crocheted for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Raffle that was set to take place at the Staten Island End-Term Party on June 6.

Retiree Marcella works with a  at the Community Health Academy of the Heights on reading and writing skills as part of the new retiree tutoring program.

Miller Photography
Retirees

UFT retirees, including retired school counselor Peggy Becker (at right), phone-bank for the upcoming election at UFT headquarters in October 2024.

Jonathan Fickies
RTC members at No Kings Rally

Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter participate in the New York No Kings Rally, June 2025

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Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter show their union pride from atop the double-decker union parade bus during the 2025 NYC Labor Parade.

Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter show their union pride from atop the double-decker union parade bus.

Jonathan Fickies
Retirees work the phones to elect Mamdani

Retired teacher Ronni Engelmyer makes calls in support of UFT-backed mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at UFT headquarters in Manhattan.

Jonathan Fickies
Retirees stand up for workers

Members of the RTC Labor Solidarity Project walk the picket lines with striking unionized theater workers on Feb. 3.

Jonathan Fickies
Retirees join the fight

Retired teacher and breast cancer survivor Susan Glassberg was among this year’s walkers.

Erica Berger
No Kings Rally

UFT members along with City Council member Keith Powers participated in the June 2025 No Kings Rally in New York. 

Retirees help turn out the vote

Retired member Neal Last (center) says interacting with people while canvassing in Philadelphia was “almost like teaching.”

Jonathan Fickies
Women smiling showing off pink and multicolored crocheted blanket
Retired Teachers Chapter members from Staten Island show off the afghan they crocheted for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Raffle that was set to take place at the Staten Island End-Term Party on June 6.

Retiree Marcella works with a  at the Community Health Academy of the Heights on reading and writing skills as part of the new retiree tutoring program.

Miller Photography
Retirees

UFT retirees, including retired school counselor Peggy Becker (at right), phone-bank for the upcoming election at UFT headquarters in October 2024.

Jonathan Fickies
RTC members at No Kings Rally

Members of the Retired Teachers Chapter participate in the New York No Kings Rally, June 2025