About 250 school counselors enjoyed a packed day of professional development, networking and some precious camaraderie with fellow counselors for the union's 20th annual School Counselors Conference.

The federal threats to collective bargaining, Social Security, health care and education funding loomed large at the 53rd annual New York State United Teachers Representative Assembly in Rochester in early May.

Make no mistake, the escalating cost of health care is a national issue that requires federal intervention. But in the meantime, we must figure out a way to stabilize the cost of our own health benefits so we can avoid premiums for at least the next...

Chapter Leader Bennett Fischer calls on retirees to join the UFT in organizing around protecting the social safety nets of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, as he details threats and cuts the Trump administration has made regarding the programs...

See sample SBO ballots for early elementary and elementary schools, including pre-K centers, K-5 and K-8 schools.

Information about the Open Market Transfer plan, excessing, professional evaluations for school counselors, protecting students' personally identifiable information, social-emotional learning screeners and the 19th annual School Counselors Conference...

Roger Parente still gets up early. Only these days it’s to get in a game of tennis before the stifling mid-day heat of the Southern California desert sets in. Approaching 70, Parente is surprised how well a decade of retirement has agreed with him...

Edward Skyler Deputy Mayor for Operations August 26, 2008 Ms. Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Ms. Randi Weingarten, As you know, Mayor Bloomberg announced earlier this year that the City of...

Edward Skyler Deputy Mayor for Operations August 26, 2008 Ms. Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Ms. Randi Weingarten, As you know, Mayor Bloomberg announced earlier this year that the City of...

Edward Skyler Deputy Mayor for Operations August 26, 2008 Ms. Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Ms. Randi Weingarten, As you know, Mayor Bloomberg announced earlier this year that the City of...

In the months leading up to November's momentous presidential election, we can remain on the sidelines and let the bad guys make the decisions, or we can enter the political fray, enlist our friends and allies in the battle and forge victories.

An independent arbitrator has ruled that New York City teachers with certain documented medical conditions must be offered non-classroom assignments. Other staffers reluctant to take the vaccine must be offered either an unpaid leave that maintains...

Employees who elect to be employed in the Board’s program which implements Chapter 683 of the Laws of 1986 (“Program”) shall serve under the following terms and conditions of employment during July and August: The gross annual salary rate of each...

EDWARD SKYLER Deputy Mayor for Operations August 26, 2008 Ms. Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Ms. Randi Weingarten, As you know, Mayor Bloomberg announced earlier this year that the City of...

A. Rates of Pay Except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, the hourly compensation of each per session counselor, as defined in Article One, shall be 1.075 times the rate of pay for per session teachers. Counselors employed in the New...

Employees who elect to be employed in the Board's program which implements Chapter 683 of the Laws of 1986 (“Program”) shall serve under the following terms and conditions of employment during July and August: The gross annual salary rate of each...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew told union delegates at the Delegate Assembly on Jan. 17 that the UFT is moving full steam ahead with its lawsuit to stop Mayor Eric Adams’ school budget cuts. He said the mayor’s budget restorations in mid-January...

From professional development to help finding child care and support for mental health challenges, the UFT has educators covered all summer long.

The following FAQs address common member questions about the New York City Employees PPO Plan (NYCE PPO).

To enhance flexibility in providing special education services, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) requested an innovative waiver from the State Education Department to combine Consultant Teacher services and Resource Room into a single hybrid...

Find out about incident reporting, theft prevention tips, UFT school safety workshops and services and safety laws and regulations governing schools.

When we started the negotiated acquisition process, the Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) asked for a new health care plan to include specific improvements.

UFT Vice President Anne Goldman, the head of the Federation of Nurses/UFT, writes that as hospitalizations rise, we again find ourselves in a battle for adequate staffing. Staffing ratios are the foundation for safe patient care.

See sample SBO ballots for single and multi-session high schools, including 6-12 and 9-12 schools.

Public school educators across the city have stepped up to address the educational, socio-emotional and economic needs of the 6,000 migrant students, shipped from Texas, who have arrived in city schools this fall.

A team of teachers, speech therapists, occupational therapists and other related service providers create an environment where students with autism and general education students can learn in their 5th-grade Nest classroom at PS 682 in Brooklyn.


Follow along as the 2nd-grade students in Jacqueline Velten and Melissa Hamm’s integrated co-teaching class at PS 54 on Staten Island travel to the Staten Island Museum to experience “Art Now: Watercolor Fun,” one of 20 class trips the museum offers...

New York City has asked Albany for permission to borrow money to maintain city services needed by our residents. The city desperately needs those funds to help fill the huge hole in our local economy created by the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are some items to take care of right away and others that will help you prioritize and stay on track.

MEMORANDUM TO: All Superintendents, Executive Directors, Principals, Assistant Principals, UFT District Representatives, UFT Chapter Leaders, CSA Chairpersons FROM: Francine B. Goldstein, Chief Executive, School Programs and Support Services SUBJECT...

The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of all those assigned as teachers in the regular day school instructional program; all those employed as per session teachers; all those assigned as teachers at WNYE; all...

I’m proud that the UFT led the charge at the bargaining table and even prouder that we modeled participatory unionism at its best in the process leading up to the Municipal Labor Committee’s final vote on the new plan on Sept. 30. From the beginning...

High Schools back to top Program Preference No later than 60 days before the end of the term, program preference sheets should be distributed to all teachers. Where advisable and feasible, preferences with respect to sub-paragraphs a through g below...