Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and the Republican-dominated Legislature in February dismantled the state’s civil service system, eliminating job-applicant exams, centralizing hiring decisions and removing protections or “bumping rights” for senior...

The District of Columbia Public Schools, led by Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, will introduce a new system of training and evaluating teachers in the fall that is expected to set the agenda for similar changes in schools around the country.

Mold, rodents and water-damaged ceilings were among the unsafe classroom conditions cited in a recently filed lawsuit against the Detroit Public Schools by the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan, the Detroit Federation of Teachers and parent...

Members of the Los Angeles teachers union voted on Feb. 10 to raise their annual dues.

Poor Johnny One Note’s reputation is probably just a little more elevated than Henny Penny’s “the sky is falling.” But in this instance, let’s pay tribute to Johnny’s persistence when it comes to the Friedrichs case.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew urged state lawmakers in Albany to deliver the long-delayed $2 billion owed to New York City public schools as a result of the 2006 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit.

The UFT filled in state lawmakers about the issues of most importance to New York City educators on Jan. 25, when the union hosted its annual legislative reception at the Corning Tower Observation Deck in the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany.

The UFT and industry partners honored more than 35 educators, chosen by their students and colleagues, at this year’s Career and Technical Education Awards Recognition Ceremony on Feb. 4.


The Delegate Assembly on Feb. 3 passed a resolution to support state legislation mandating the enrollment of full-time paraprofessionals in the pension system when they are hired by the New York City Department of Education.

Everyone who works hard should have a dignified nd secure retirement. And yet the average U.S. worker, without the backing of a union, faces great uncertainty.