The UFT’s Shanker Hall in Manhattan was all decked out for the holidays and for the arrival of 150 homeless children who attended the annual Coalition for the Homeless Holiday Party on Dec. 9. It was a magical day of meeting Santa, Batman and Captain America, as well as playing games, dancing and receiving gifts.

Strategies to help New York City’s public school children become socially and academically successful were the focus of the eighth annual UFT Parent Conferences held in each borough and the thousands who attended them in the fall.


The UFT-Department of Education contract empowers us and helps ensure we have the resources, support and structures in place we need to provide a quality education to New York City public school students. These are just a few of the many rights you...

At Brooklyn middle school, academics is a team player in championship rugby program.

President Trump’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel, Peter Robb, received U.S. Senate confirmation on Nov. 8. Robb is a labor lawyer with a long history of backing management against unions and workers.

Hurricane Maria left nearly one million Americans in Puerto Rico without clean drinking water, and the American Federation of Teachers is stepping up to help.

New York local news staples Gothamist and DNAinfo were shut down by their billionaire owner, Joe Ricketts, on Nov. 3 — only a week after their workers voted to form a union.

The school voucher program in Colorado’s Douglas County is on thin ice after voters on Nov. 7 ushered in an anti-voucher slate of candidates by huge margins.

The School Reform Commission that has overseen the Philadelphia School District for 16 years has voted to disband. The five-member panel on Nov. 16 approved a resolution dissolving itself and paving the way to return control to a local Board of...

Thousands of UFT members have signed up to be part of the campaign urging the city to provide paid parental leave. Many of them shared stories of being forced to return to work just days or weeks after giving birth because of financial considerations...