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Art and music are the things we make when we want to tell the world that we are people. And expressing our humanity through music and art is what makes everything else worth it.

Thanks to the strength of the union and its negotiating power, the salaries of UFT members employed by the DOE have regularly increased. When they retire, members receive a defined-benefit pension, employer-provided health insurance that eventually...

Being a school secretary often means doing more than handling payroll, supporting the administration, finding substitute teachers and fielding phone calls. For UFT members like Joslie Byrd of the School for Tourism and Hospitality in the Bronx, it...

The Verizon standoff demonstrated how important it is for unions to take a stand for justice and fair play for their members — and for the rest of the labor movement to support them when they do.

There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but when it comes to streams on the eastern seaboard, there aren’t enough trout in the ecosystem. That’s where the 6th-graders of JHS 278 in Marine Park come in.

The UFT and the Department of Education have announced an agreement that creates a new position that is the beginning of a professional career ladder for the 24,000 paraprofessionals in New York City public schools. The agreement also provides...

An emotional battle rages over the proposed co-location of a charter school at IS 285 Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts.


David Kazansky, the founder of the UFT's anti-bullying campaign, was the surprise honoree at the annual Be BRAVE Against Bullying Conference on May 6.