The role of the chapter leader can be summed up in one word — LEADERSHIP. Your colleagues elected you because they know you will provide leadership.

Dignity and respect. Professionalism and due process. Competitive wages and benefits. Fifty years ago, those things didn’t exist for teachers in New York City’s public schools. Learn about our union's founding and its first 50 years.

The UFT Political Action Department is active in a wide variety of political battles across the city in support of New York’s children and schools.

The following are recommendations to minimize physical hazards in the lab or prep room.

By law all mercury must be removed from our schools.

The storage, use and disposal of flammable and combustible liquids falls under the rules and regulations promulgated under OSHA and the National Fire Association.

Chemicals may cause harm in many different ways. They may be flammable, explosive, radioactive, corrosive, etc. All chemicals are toxic at some level.