“To appreciate,” according to the dictionary, is to recognize the true worth of someone or something, and that’s exactly what 240 UFT family child-care providers received at the 2016 Provider Appreciation Conference on May 21.

Maxine Webb joined 900 other nurses across the state on May 10 in Albany for Nurses Lobby Day to urge state legislators to support a bill establishing safe staffing standards in hospitals and nursing homes.

Five nurses were honored at the third annual Federation of Nurses/UFT Nurse Recognition Day celebration on May 3.

From ice cream socials to balloons to superhero costumes, UFT members around the city found unique ways to commemorate the first citywide celebration of public schools on May 4.

Imagine a gymnasium with no equipment, a classroom with no books, a music studio with no instruments. That’s the reality many educators say they would face if they didn’t spend their own money to furnish their students with supplies.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew won his third term as the union’s president with 76 percent of the vote, the preliminary results showed.

Governor Andrew Cuomo on May 31 signed into law a bill that enables public school teachers and other public employees who are honorably discharged veterans and have five years in their civilian jobs to purchase up to three years of service credit...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew had an early-morning visit with school staff at PS 157 in Brooklyn on June 1, before heading to PS 23 in Brooklyn for a walk-through of that school.

More than 250 UFT members, honorees and guests celebrated at the third annual Provider Appreciation Awards Ceremony in Shanker Hall at union headquarters, Manhattan, on May 13.