The UFT Retired Teachers Committee has a long history of activism and union involvement. Our current retiree committees are continuing this tradition.

A retired educator warns that teachers must take pains to ensure the human student-teacher relationship remains central in schools as artificial intelligence makes inroads into the pedagogical process.

Union officers and staff are ready and able to visit many schools throughout the school year to speak at chapter meetings.

Tom Pappas, a “tough as nails” but kind educator and administrator who began teaching in 1957 and went on to serve as a district representative, borough representative, UFT assistant, UFT secretary, staff director and Retired Teachers Chapter leader...

Janella Hinds, UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools, and Leo Gordon, UFT Vice President for Career and Technical High Schools, submitted testimony before the New York City Council Committees on Education and Technology on developing policies...

It is the joint purpose of the parties that employees in the bargaining unit be afforded an opportunity to qualify for advancement to professional positions including positions other than classroom teacher, with the Board of Education through...

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...

Leo Gordon, a New York City public school teacher for more than 26 years, has been elected the UFT’s vice president for career and technical education by the union’s Executive Board.

The city DOE notified more than 700 schools that they would receive all or most of the funding they requested to hire additional teachers to lower class sizes this September.

Hundreds of UFT members in all five boroughs and on Long Island participated in the Making Strides walks on the last two Sundays in October, raising money for breast cancer research and awareness.

Behavior-management techniques commonly employed in District 75 special education classrooms can be used to address and de-escalate student behavior in general education settings as well. Longtime District 75 teacher Nina Krisel Berke shares four...

By the mid-1950s it was apparent there was no shortage of rising young stars on the horizon. Still, none shone brighter than Ely Trachtenberg.

Educators are lifelong learners. As a UFT member, you have the opportunity to sharpen your skills and expand your knowledge in a variety of ways.

Middle school teachers Cristina Cappiello and Arielle Schwartz showcase an inventive way to teach the classic novel "The Giver" in their classroom at MS 245 in Manhattan.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the NYC FY23 preliminary budget and the preliminary capital commitment plan for FY23-26.

When it comes to expanding the knowledge and skills of UFT members, no one does it better than the UFT’s educational programs.

Review the UFT's current state legislative priorities.

All teachers are eligible to take A+ courses for their own knowledge, development and to earn credit toward a salary differential. A+ courses may only be taken for credit by teachers. If you are a guidance counselor, paraprofessional, school...

The SHIP application process begins the day you retire and are enrolled as a UFT-RTC (Retired Teachers Chapter) member. We strive to have all applications processed on the day of retirement, but please allow for up to one week to complete the...

You must first be enrolled as a UFT-RTC (Retired Teachers Chapter) member. Your SHIP application cannot be processed until your retirement date, therefore, please send your application and payment approximately one month prior to your date of...

UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr submitted testimony to the City Council Committee on Finance regarding the New York City executive budget.

CLOSING OF ISLAND AND HORIZON ACADEMIES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK And UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2, AFT, AFL-CIO This Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA")...

CLOSING OF ISLAND AND HORIZON ACADEMIES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK And UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2, AFT, AFL-CIO This Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA")...

Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump’s former secretary of state, tried to grab the lead in the Republican race to the bottom when he declared just before Thanksgiving that “the most dangerous person in the world is Randi Weingarten” and asserted that the...

District 11's annual scholarship dinner on May 5 at Villa Barone celebrated the collaboration between the UFT and school administrations and all they do for the students in the Bronx district.

Salaries of Certified Teachers, Counselors and Librarians Effective September 1, 2010 Years of Experience BA MA MA+15 MA+30 1 $51,207 $57,833 $60,634 $64,461 2 $54,443 $61,069 $63,870 $67,697 3 $54,892 $61,519 $64,320 $68,146 4 $55,689 $62,316 $65...

Born in 1898, Layle Lane was a toddler when a vow to lynch her Congregational minister father forced the family to flee their Marrietta, Ga. home. A graduate of Howard University with a master's from Columbia, she became a high school social studies...

Tom Brown is the assistant treasurer of the UFT and an elected trustee on the board of the Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New York. As a trustee, he assumes the fiduciary duties with his fellow board members of overseeing the policies...

UFT retirees with 50, 60 and 70 years of service were honored at the Retired Teachers Chapter Luncheon at UFT headquarters on May 23.

History teacher Sari Beth Rosenberg of the HS for Environmental Studies in Manhattan was named Teacher of the Year at the UFT Jewish Heritage Committee’s annual Tikkun Olam Awards Night on Dec. 2

About 150 UFT members and guests braved frigid temps to celebrate African heritage and honor educators, students and colleagues amid a snowy start to Black History Month at the 23nd annual UFT African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner.

About 200 UFT members and guests attended the UFT Asian American Heritage Committee's celebration of AANHPI (Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) Heritage Month.