Bill de Blasio, who criticized the growing income inequality in the city and promised to restore respect for teachers and unions, was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 5. In his victory speech, he painted a vision of a city where "we all rise...

Payroll training will take place Nov. 15-22 at the Department of Education (65 Court St. in Brooklyn).

More than 1,300 members helped celebrate the founding members who built the UFT and the members today who are leading the union and our schools into the future at Teacher Union Day on Nov. 3.

Labor was energized and united at a Nov. 1 get-out-the-vote rally for Bill de Blasio for mayor. Hundreds turned out at Brooklyn Borough Hall to hear leaders from all the major unions in the city voice their support for de Blasio and rally their...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined a coalition of labor, business and political groups urging New Yorkers to vote yes on Election Day on Proposition 1, a referendum on a casino plan that would bring to the state new jobs and hundreds of millions of...

At a morning visit, UFT President Michael Mulgrew spoke to 75 members at DeWitt Clinton HS in the Bronx about how the DOE causes large high schools like Clinton to fail by overloading them with high-needs students. He also said the union would seek to revise the new teacher evaluation system as part of contract negotiations with the next administration. He praised the teachers for staying strong in the face of a sustained assault from the DOE. “They were trying to close you. Period. End of story,” he said. “But you’ve weathered the storm, and DeWitt Clinton will not close.”

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Education about the rollout of the Common Core Learning Standards.

Director of Child Care Policy Jeremy A. Hoffman testified before the City Council Committees on General Welfare and Women's Issues about the implementation of Early Learn NYC, Mayor Bloomberg’s redesign of the city’s contracted subsidized child care...

The New York City Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT held its 16th annual professional conference on Oct. 26, with more than 300 teachers of Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Greek, German, Latin and other languages in attendance.