The UFT issued a statement in response to a procedural ruling in the anti-tenure lawsuit.

Email sent to school social workers and psychologists on Oct. 23 regarding regarding work time.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement in response to the Families for Excellent Schools rally in support of charter schools.

More than 200 new UFT members in Brooklyn came to the Brooklyn UFT office on Wednesday, Oct. 21 for a meet and greet with Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew met with members at PS 328 and neighboring school PS 557 to discuss teacher evaluation, the DOE restructuring and other issues. UFT reps also handed out books to PS 328 parents and students from the union bus.

Representatives from various UFT departments are available to visit your school to speak with your members about important issues.

Teachers, parents and community members had the opportunity to choose from among 40,000 free books at the First Book giveaway at PS 81 in Brooklyn on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015.

City schools began the school year with the fewest oversized classes in more than seven years, UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced on Oct. 19. “We are moving in the right direction but still have a long way to go,” he said.

New York City’s public schools had 5,485 overcrowded classes this year, compared to 6,447 last year, a drop of 962 from 2014 and the first time the number of oversize classes fell below 6,000 at the start of school since 2009.

Thousands of UFT members in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and Jones Beach came together for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks on Sunday, Oct. 18. A few weeks later, members walked in Queens on Nov. 8.