Summer and other per session work which is available in the district shall be given to applicants in the bargaining unit in the district in order of their seniority 9. If no bargaining unit employee in the district applies, the senior bargaining unit...

December 17, 2007 Joel I. Klein Chancellor Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10002 Dear Ms. Weingarten: Notwithstanding any provision of the...

Upon request to the head of the school, members of the Union who are in the bargaining unit shall be permitted to meet within the school under circumstances which will not interfere with the paraprofessional program or other school activities. Such...

If a controversial topic is dominating the education debate today, it’s probably something that Al Shanker proposed decades ago

School related professionals play an essential role in supporting the varied needs of students. Meet the chapter leaders of the UFT's functional chapters and learn more about their role.

The UFT is pushing back against the DOE's use of part-time therapists from private agencies rather than operationalizing the ninth session negotiated in the 2023 DOE-UFT contract to enable full-time therapists to do this work.

Where the Board is legally required to provide coverage for mandated paraprofessional services to children in special education programs, paraprofessionals employed to provide such coverage shall serve under the following conditions: No fewer than...

Throughout the school year, teachers apply for “per-session” activities that are done either before or after school, on the weekend or holidays, or during the summer. If you apply for and are accepted for such an activity, you are paid at the per...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew writes that we will see meaningful improvements in our working conditions — and our students’ learning conditions — this school year as a result of fights we undertook as a union for the changes we need. 


The salaries of UFT-represented employees covered by the Department of Education-UFT contracts will increase by 3% on Jan. 18, 2025.

We have big news. Our 2026 version of the RESPECT check bill has been introduced in the City Council! We knew we would make it happen with this new administration, and now we are on the way to finally taking this over the finish line and giving every...

More than three dozen UFT members turned out for fun and games at Bingo Night at the union’s Queens borough office on Nov. 22 to raise awareness of COPE, the union’s political action arm.

The parties will have available copies of this Agreement upon request.

Access UFT salary schedules for teachers and all other UFT-represented roles. Learn about salary steps, differentials, and longevity increases.

The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of all employees employed in the titles of Teacher Aide, Educational Assistant, Educational Associate, Auxiliary Trainer and Bilingual Professional Assistant. These persons and...

This Agreement shall become effective as of November 1, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018.

The Memorandum of Agreement controlling the rights of employees regarding the 2007 reorganization of District 79 is contained in Appendix C.