Free flu shots available to UFT members
From now until the end of December, UFT members can take advantage of Mayor de Blasio’s Flu Vaccination Campaign, a new program launched to ensure that city employees have easy access to a flu shot.
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Election results to ‘mean more attacks on unions’
Republican candidates gained a clear majority in the New York State Senate in the midterm elections on Nov. 4, despite the best efforts of the UFT and other unions and progressive organizations to elect candidates more supportive of public schools...
Our goal is collaborative schools, Mulgrew says
UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the Delegate Assembly on Nov. 18 that the midterm elections earlier in November had put many statehouses firmly in the hands of conservative governors and legislators whose agenda would inflict harm on public...
Counselor, social worker data now required
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law on Nov. 5 a bill that will require the Department of Education to report more information on guidance counselors and social workers in public schools. 

All in it together
You’re not alone. That’s the promise these five parent leaders kept to the 2,000 others who attended the UFT parent conferences this fall in each of the five boroughs.
What I Do: Lindsay Orcutt, teacher of the blind and visually impaired
For 10 years, Orcutt has taught students from around the city who are blind or visually impaired strategies for learning and independence. "I tell them my job is to put myself out of a job," she says.
Cancer Walkathon at PS 196, the Bronx
Everyone at PS 196 in the Bronx took part in raising an extraordinary $8,000 in the school’s third annual Cancer Walkathon on Oct. 22.
Brooklyn street renamed Jon Kest Way
A downtown Brooklyn street was renamed on Oct. 25 in honor of Jon Kest, the founder of the organizing group New York Communities for Change and a friend and adviser to the UFT. Kest died of cancer in 2012
Putting the ‘giving’ in Thanksgiving
There was plenty to be thankful for on Saturday, Nov. 22, when the UFT welcomed 150 children from local homeless shelters to its headquarters for its first Thanksgiving luncheon. The children — who ranged in age from 2 to 15 — left with brand-new...
An election without voters
Nearly three out of four registered voters in New York State stayed home on Election Day. Turnout — or the lack of turnout — has consequences. We are now left with a state Senate obligated to financiers who support unfettered expansion of charter...