I have been a New York City public school teacher for 15 years, but early in my career I taught for two years at a charter school in Manhattan.

It was not yet dawn on Saturday, March 24, when 38 students at Martin Van Buren HS in Queens Village boarded a bus bound for Washington, D.C.

Regarding “Bracing for Janus” [March 1]: Given the probability of an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling that will threaten the funding structure of the UFT and other unions, it’s essential that our members understand not only the need for solidarity...

Thank you, Lesley Stahl and “60 Minutes,” for finally putting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on national TV and validating what teachers have been saying about her incompetence.

I read the story about Wisconsin [“Fighting back after losing it all," March 1]. At some point, abused laborers need to own up to their share of the blame.

I thank our union for a job well done. I remember lunch duty, hall duty, little to no preps — union proud!

Will this time be different? That’s the question, still unanswered, in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.

More than 20,000 teachers across West Virginia have shown the power of unity when working people come under attack.

We weren’t given the time or support to attend to all the responsibilities of teaching like grading, bulletin boards and reaching out to parents. We had preps, but those were used for data meetings and things like that.

Growing up in Oklahoma, you tend to only hear about unions in a negative light. So when I made a career change six years ago and became a teacher in New York City, I wasn’t sure how I felt about the UFT.