The UFT calls on the TRS to review strategies to mitigate the risk posed by climate change to its investment portfolios including through possible divestment from entities that contribute substantially to climate change, such as fossil fuel companies...

The UFT will continue to educate our members about this case that could put an unjust financial burden on public-sector unions and cause great harm to the influence of the labor movement.

On this anniversary of the 1960 strike, we pay tribute to our founders and other members who through courage, loyalty, dedication and painstaking work made it possible for us to proclaim proudly today our membership in the UFT.

The UFT supports Mayor de Blasio’s plan toward reaching universal literacy among the city’s 2nd graders and will do everything in its power to support this important initiative.

More than 200 new members came to the Manhattan UFT office on Friday, Nov. 6 for a meet and greet with Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew visited PS/MS 105 in Far Rockaway, Queens, on Monday, Nov. 2, walking through the school to visit several classrooms and speak with teachers.

Dozens of educators, parents, and staffers from community partner organizations as well as the DOE attended a retreat hosted by the NYC Community Learning Schools Initiative. Two plenary sessions focused on mitigating chronic absenteeism and school-based health care. The retreat also featured five well-attended workshops in which participants collaborated with peers to strengthen their skills.

“We are celebrating the amazing activism that speaks to the spirit of the 1960 strike, of groups of people who came together to fight for what we need,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew in announcing new School in Action awards at this year’s...

Mathematics is a difficult subject to teach. But every one of our students is capable of jaywalking. They are capable of determining how far they should risk going into the ocean. It’s just that sometimes they don’t know how to express it or they...