The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent all teachers by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, handicapping...

The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent school secretaries by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation...

A. Reimbursement for Medical Expenses Teachers shall be reimbursed by the Board for reasonable medical expenses, not exceeding $750, incurred because of injuries in the line of duty, to the extent that such expenses are not covered by insurance. In...

The youngest of seven children, Martha Straus grew up on the Lower East Side. "There was no starvation but there were no luxuries either," she says. Her father and older brother took part in the 1910 cloak makers strike that came to be known as "the...

He hated supervisors with a serious passion. To him, all the raises in the world wouldn't change the fact that teachers were forced to work in a system he called "a thinly veiled despotism."

The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent attendance teachers by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex or marital status, sexual orientation...

Information on transfers, per session opportunities, summer school and more.

The attempt by the United Auto Workers union to gain a stronger foothold in the politically conservative South faltered in mid-May when workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama, voted against joining the union.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation to repeal the state’s right-to-work law, making it the first state in nearly 60 years to roll back a law that allows workers to not pay union dues or fees.

Starbucks is slated to begin bargaining in late April with delegates from its 400 unionized stores after agreeing to end its two-year campaign against union organizing.


Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza issued guidance from the DOE to schools about March parent-teacher conferences.

See photo galleries from events featuring Federation of Nurses' members and staff.

The UFT chapter leader of Vision Education Services revamped the program's website for the Department of Education.

Marjorie Wilson, the first chapter leader of the UFT's LYFE chapter and the teen parenting program's first social worker at LYFE's start 42 years ago, has been honored by the Retired Teachers Chapter for her decades of service.

A total of 67 UFT members have their work on display at the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition, titled “The Art of the Educator,” is the result of a partnership between the museum and the New York City Art Teachers Association/UFT.

The union's third annual UFT Family Day served up a lot of "UFT love" in the form of carnival games, bounce houses, food galore and more to members and their families at a sports complex on Long Island.

UFT members are guaranteed a dignified and secure retirement that includes a defined-benefit pension.

Kindergartners from PS/MS 207 in Howard Beach took a class trip to the 300-year-old Queens County Farm on Jan. 23. The students were in the midst of a literacy unit comparing present and past, and the children had come to the farm to witness some of...

Learn the basics about the UFT, a trade union of teachers, nurses and other education and health professionals in New York City.

UFT Vice President of Elementary Education Karen Alford urges members to welcome and offer their support to the 6,600 new educators hired this fall to bring more classes under the new class size limits that the union fought so hard to secure.

Zohran Mamdani's election is great news for union members and for the UFT. Never before have we had a mayor who is a stronger champion of workers, labor unions and ordinary New Yorkers.


Tom has spent decades fighting for the financial security of New York City’s educators. From running pension workshops, to meeting with UFT members during the school day and beyond to address their needs, Tom is the trusted leader TRS members deserve...

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We respond to school-based emergencies, especially those that involve potential exposure to toxic substances during school renovation or construction.

How to calculate your gross annual salary using your paycheck How to understand your paycheck.

If you have “unserved” or “underserved” students on your caseload you may apply for shortage area compensation.

Prior to 1960, school secretaries were represented by the Secretaries’ Association, an independent group. They were a small group with no union affiliation who attempted to negotiated with the New York City Board of Education on behalf of its members...

In accordance with the LOBA determination and award in Case No. IA-1-85, the following shall apply: Effective July 1, 1983 and thereafter, the Employer’s cost for each contract for each Employee under age 65 and for each retiree under age 65 who...

The mission of the UFT’s Safety & Health Department is to protect all UFT members from the occupational hazards that can confront them.

Principals are required to meet with UFT chapter committees once a month on matters of school policy.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew submitted testimony before the New York City Council Education Committee’s oversight hearing on remote learning failures in New York City public schools.

The Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools for Excellence (PROSE) program, which affords schools the freedom to experiment and innovate, is marking its 10th anniversary this school year. Nearly 300 teachers, chapter leaders and principals from the...

The UFT knows that dealing with even routine legal matters can be an expensive hassle. That's why the union negotiated a legal services plan to assist members with everyday issues like reviewing a lease or contract, dealing with a warranty, or help...

For Milton Pincus, the decision to call off the November 7th strike in return for Mayor Robert Wagner’s promise of a fact-finding committee loaded with the leading lights of the city’s labor movement, was a no-brainer. From where he stood — outside...