The proposed contract breaks new ground in workplace improvements and the voice it gives educators.

UFT members across New York City dressed in pink on Oct. 17 to raise awareness about breast cancer.

This contract offers relief from retaliation, harassment, intimidation and discrimination.

UFT members came together for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Central Park, Manhattan, on Sunday, Oct. 14.

Our proposed contract agreement with the DOE, which was announced on Oct. 11, 2018, recognizes your hard work and dedication and empowers us to improve the teaching and learning conditions in our schools.

All contracts in this bargaining round were contingent on New York City reaching a health savings deal with the Municipal Labor Committee, the umbrella group of nearly 100 municipal labor unions including the UFT.

The DOE will institute a pre-employment screening process for new hires.

An ATR’s salary will no longer affect the average salary calculation of a school that hires the ATR, eliminating any financial disincentive for a principal to hire ATRs.

In this pilot program, high school students with limited access to AP courses and/or languages other than English courses for an Advances Regents Diploma will have the opportunity to enroll in remote courses.

PROSE Plus schools are schools with demonstrated success at collaborative innovation that have been in the PROSE program for at least one year.