UFT members celebrate Caribbean heritage.

UFT marchers assemble alongside the union's float before stepping off in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn.

Members walk alongside the UFT float.

Anthony Harmon, the UFT's director of parent and community outreach, hands out UFT noisemakers.

There are plenty of smiles aboard the UFT float.

Karen Alford (front, third from left), the UFT vice president for elementary schools, and Anthony Harmon (front, fourth from left), the UFT’s director of parent and community outreach, gather with marchers for a group shot during the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Labor Day.

Parade-goers wave UFT fans as they watch from the sidelines.

A member shows off her UFT pride.

The UFT float and members on the final stretch of Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.