In-service members enrolled in the UFT Welfare Fund gained two benefit improvements in November: an increase in the weekly short-term disability benefit and more coverage of a special formula for newborns and others with nutrition-intake deficiencies...

The determination and award of the arbitration panel in Case No IA-1-85 is incorporated into this Agreement and made a part hereof.

The determination and award of the arbitration panel in Case No. 1A-1-85 is incorporated into this Agreement and made a part hereof.

The determination and award of the arbitration panel in Case No. IA-1-85 is incorporated in this Agreement and made a part hereof.

Topic/Theme/Duration Essential Question(s) Standards Key Students Learning Objectives Sequence of Key Learning Activities Text(s) and Materials to be Used Assessment(s)

This Agreement shall become effective as of October 13, 2007 and shall continue in full force and effect through October 31, 2009.

To make sure New Yorkers stay safe during the upcoming June 23 primary while encouraging participation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently ordered changes to the voting process. To check the spread of the coronavirus, all registered voters may apply for an...

We have a City Council that is considering passing a once-in-a-generation bill that would make physical space per student into administrative code, to make it the city’s responsibility to give each child the physical space they deserve to remain safe...

The UFT consultation committee, led by the school chapter leader, meets monthly with the principal to discuss and attempt to resolve issues at the school level. As of May 7, more than 14,000 issues were raised in consultation committee meetings this...

According to the UFT/DOE contract, you must be informed in writing by June 15 if you are at risk of being excessed for the next school year, but it is still possible to be excessed after that date due to changes in enrollment or the budget.

It’s essential for parents of children with disabilities to understand the process of obtaining an Individualized Education Program that meets their child’s needs. That’s why Thomas Rosa, the chapter leader at PS 751, the Manhattan School for Career...

UFT members at the six sites that make up District 31 Pre-K Centers on Staten Island are no longer staying silent in the face of mistreatment from their principal, thanks to Chapter Leader Amy Craine.

Joining more than 7 million protesters nationwide, more than 200 UFT members marched up Sixth Avenue alongside members from other New York City unions as part of the No Kings March in Manhattan on Oct. 18.

Per diem service refers to pedagogic personnel serving on a day-to-day basis in a school and/or any of its programs.

Every school must have a school safety plan and a crisis response plan that is updated annually and logged with the education, police and fire departments. Safety Plans are mandated by the SAVE Legislation, the UFT Contract, the Chancellor’s...

The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of occasional per diem substitute teachers who have received the reasonable assurance of continuing employment referred to in Civil Service Law §201.7(d). Employees in the unit...

SBOs sunset at the end of every school, with one exception. The only SBOs that do not sunset every year are changes between seven and eight periods in elementary schools. Any modification to the contract must be voted on every school year, except as...

Material in your file can be grieved under two specific circumstances: if the letter was written outside the contractual time frame (time limits are specified in the contract) if the underlying substance of the letter violates a specific contractual...

The irony is stunning. As the UFT prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Department of Education has announced its plans to close the school where the first stirrings of teacher unionism began here almost a century ago.

Lately the media have been overrun by charges that the teachers union is the 800-pound gorilla in the room whenever education policy is discussed in the halls of power — and it’s not meant as a compliment!

The UFT is fighting to preserve the "unicorn" status of premium-free health care for New York City public school educators, even as most public and private sector employees have to pay hefty premiums.

Information about proctoring assignments, administrative duties and remote work.

If you would like to do a professional activity that is not on the contractual list, you can propose it to your principal, whose approval is required before you undertake the activity. Also, the 2018 Contract made it possible for chapters to use the...

The New York City Council created Teacher’s Choice decades ago after intense lobbying by the UFT. Teacher’s Choice is not guaranteed from year to year; the UFT has to lobby for funding for the program in every year’s city budget. Teacher’s Choice is...

Wherever the term Board is used in the agreement it shall mean the City Board, it being understood, nevertheless, that this contract is binding on all community school districts in accordance with Section 2590 of the Education Law. Wherever the term...

This Agreement and each of its provisions shall be effective as of November 1, 2009, and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018. Negotiations for a subsequent Agreement will commence no sooner than April 30, 2018 upon...

This Agreement and each of its provisions shall be effective as of November 1, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018. Negotiations for a subsequent Agreement will commence no sooner than April 30, 2018 upon...

This Agreement and each of its provisions shall be effective as of November 1, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018. Negotiations for a subsequent Agreement will commence no sooner than April 30, 2018 upon...

This Agreement and each of its provisions shall be effective as of November 1, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018. Negotiations for a subsequent Agreement will commence no sooner than April 30, 2018 upon...

A school-based option is a modification of the UFT/DOE contract that has been approved by the UFT staff, principal, UFT District Rep, Superintendent, UFT President, and the Chancellor in order to improve education in the school. It provides schools...

Our scholarship program, which began in 1969, was renamed in Albert Shanker’s memory in 1997. He was the New York City teacher who became president of both this union and our national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers. More than anyone...

All eyes were on the purple state of Georgia in December as U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, faced — and defeated — former pro football player Herschel Walker in a runoff election, with campaign help from retired UFT members.

This Friday, 2/6, thousands of New York City public school educators are turning up the heat for pension reform by sharing their personal stories about why it's needed.

In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 election, the Retired Teachers Chapter held a dozen afternoon phone banks at UFT headquarters in Manhattan, where RTC members urged fellow retirees to vote for Zohran Mamdani and the union’s other endorsed...

It is the declared objective of the parties to encourage the prompt and informal resolution of special complaints not covered by the Grievance Procedure and to dispose of such complaints as they arise and to provide recourse to orderly procedures for...