Minutes of the Sept. 25, 2013 consultation meeting of the UFT and NYC Department of Education

Thousands of UFT members participated in the American Cancer Society's annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in all five boroughs to raise funds for breast cancer research.

More than 500 parents and community members came to the union’s Manhattan Parent Conference on Oct. 19. The goal of the conference was to empower parents and build strong parent-school partnerships for greater student achievement.

The UFT supports our sisters and brothers at the Legal Services Association, UAW - Local 2320, who were forced to go on strike on May 15.

Almost four years after winning their historic first contract, family child care providers represented by the UFT began negotiations in September for a successor agreement with the state.

Provoking an angry retort from UFT President Michael Mulgrew, Mayor Bloomberg announced today that the Department of Education is suing the UFT for failing to appoint enough arbitrators to handle teacher disciplinary cases. Mulgrew accused Bloomberg...

A state judge on Sept. 30 granted a preliminary injunction to the Municipal Labor Committee, a coalition of labor unions representing nearly 500,000 city workers, ordering the Bloomberg administration not to put its health benefits contract for city...

Charter operator Eva Moskowitz closed her schools on Tuesday and ordered students, parents and staff to attend a City Hall demonstration that UFT President Michael Mulgrew called “a thinly disguised campaign rally.”

The UFT’s Community Learning Schools Initiative received a welcome $700,000 grant on Sept. 25 from the New York State Senate that will help fund 16 community schools this year.

A coalition of food and labor activists, parents, educators and public officials gathered on the steps of City Hall on Oct. 17 to call on the next mayor to offer free lunch to all New York City public school students.