As we enter a new school year, teachers should be aware of their rights to reasonable class sizes and basic instructional materials.

Administrative tasks get in the way of their students’ learning, according to 87% of educators in the union's new survey of its school-based members, who handed out a leaflet with the poll results across the five boroughs during a Week of Action in...

The nation’s first-ever strike by unionized charter school teachers occurred in Chicago in December and set a precedent for other charter schools in the Windy City struggling with low teacher pay, crowded classrooms and poor funding.

Teachers across the city got relief from oversize classes this fall at a faster pace than ever before — thanks to new class-size reduction provisions negotiated as part of the 2018 Department of Education-UFT contract and implemented citywide in...

Educators have more autonomy to decide when and how to do their out-of-classroom work. Read more details.

The Board and the Union shall establish a joint committee to review and consider appropriate staff development programs for new and experienced paraprofessionals. Reduction of Paperwork Central Paperwork Committee (the “Central Committee”) will...

Information about the tentative contract agreement, excessing, school-based options, performance reviews and the 20th annual UFT School Counselors Conference.

Gloria Weiss has worked for 20 years at the Consortium for Worker Education (CWE), the workforce development arm of the New York City Central Labor Council.