The United Federation of Teachers’ Delegate Assembly authorizes the Executive Board to consider, make or modify endorsements during the summer.

UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell testified before the New York City Council Committee on Finance regarding the fiscal year 2016 budet.

Discussions about teacher evaluations, teacher leadership positions and political issues affecting education were on the menu during UFT President Michael Mulgrew’s early-morning meeting with members at Susan Wagner HS on Staten Island on June 9.

The 46th annual Albert Shanker Scholarship Awards were celebrated on June 8 at UFT headquarters, with 180 public school students from across the city receiving a total of $1 million to continue their educations.

More than 100 educators, community health advocates, union staff and officials, and representatives from the city’s Department of Education and Department of Health gathered at UFT headquarters on June 3 for the New York City Excellence in School Wellness Award Ceremony to recognize educators’ work to promote health and wellness.

The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state pension law that would have rolled back government workers’ benefits to cover the pension system’s enormous $105 billion deficit.

Los Angeles teachers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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