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UFT President Michael Mulgrew called changes to teacher evaluation approved by the Board of Regents on Sept. 16 "important steps in the right direction."

Hundreds of UFT members joined thousands of unionists and supporters who gathered to celebrate labor solidarity at the annual Labor Day Parade in Manhattan on Sept. 12.

Now, we return to our all-important work of educating, nurturing and advocating for our students. We enter our classrooms and offices feeling ready for the challenges and excited to do this work in spite of all the external obstacles that can make a...

Parents and community activists in the predominantly African-American neighborhood of Bronzeville on Chicago’s south side, as of Sept. 1, were in the third week of a hunger strike that began on Aug. 17 to demand the reopening of a neighborhood high...

The news site Vice on Aug. 7 became the fourth new media site to unionize this summer, following in the steps of Gawker, Salon and The Guardian US.

There will be a new way to get to “Sesame Street” starting this fall: Sign up for HBO.

In a positive sign for other charter-school organizing drives around the country, a National Labor Relations Board hearing officer ruled on July 31 that Teach for America teachers at a Detroit charter school chain are eligible to join the same...

Lawyers for the city, the state, the UFT and its state affiliate NYSUT asked a Staten Island judge on Aug. 25 to dismiss the lawsuit to abolish tenure brought by TV personality Campbell Brown and others on the grounds that the state Legislature has...

UFT nurses, child care providers and retirees joined dozens of other union members and health care advocates for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Medicare and Medicaid.