Typically, at this time of year the recipe for my final column would contain the usual ingredients: a large measure of looking back on the school year seasoned with a few tablespoons on how to keep one’s pedagogical skills from wilting during the...

UFT staff, working hand in hand with members, were front and center helping those in need across the city after Hurricane Sandy. UFT President Michael Mulgrew honored about 100 of those staffers with awards on June 19 outside Shanker Hall.

Several dozen members of the Occupational and Physical Therapists Chapter turned out for a June 25 meeting at UFT headquarters to discuss ideas and concerns and to celebrate the end of the school year – complete with cake!

Mayor Bloomberg claims that times are so tough, there isn’t enough money in the city budget to give city workers, including teachers, the retroactive pay raise they are owed. The truth is that — thanks in part to a strong local economy — the city has...

More than 1,800 UFT members joined a spirited tailgate party before the June 20 Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island to hear from the union-endorsed mayoral candidate Bill Thompson. He told the enthusiastic crowd, “We start fresh on Jan. 1, 2014,” promising that “we will work together to change the direction of this city and restore respect to our teachers.”

The Skyline Princess left the Chelsea Pier on May 31 with 138 UFT members aboard celebrating the Friends of District 75 Eighth Annual Awards Ceremony honoring those who have made an outstanding contribution to the district. Donald Albright, the chapter leader at P 186 in the Bronx received the Special Recognition for School-Based Activism Award.

A pair of Queens high school coaches were the major award winners at the NYC Coaches Association/UFT’s annual spring awards dinner on June 19 at the Clearview Golf Club in Bayside. Howard Coval, who coaches boys’ varsity golf and boys’ junior varsity basketball at William C. Bryant HS, was named this year’s Man of the Year. Elvis Haniff, who coaches boys’ and girls’ varsity volleyball at Flushing HS, received the organization’s Coaches Award.

The UFT supports the participation of the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter, a constituent member of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in the "human chain against the chained CPI" activities on July 2 and will help to coordinate the union’s efforts...