Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease caused by the germ Mycobacterium tuberculosis and/or Mycobacterium bovis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes most TB in humans. Mycobacterium bovis is part of the tuberculosis family, primarily a disease of...

It is the declared objective of the parties to encourage the prompt and informal resolution of employee complaints as they arise and to provide recourse to orderly procedures for the satisfactory adjustment of complaints. A resolution should occur at...

School social worker Maureen Eigenfeld has made art the cornerstone of her therapeutic work with students at the Bronx Writing Academy, a United Community School in Concourse Village.

The teacher leader team at IS 145 in Jackson Heights, Queens, has stepped up to help keep pace with the changing needs of the students and the teachers at the school, which is located in one of the city’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods.

UFT Assistant Secretary Michael Sill submitted testimony before the Rockefeller Institute of Government's public hearing on updating the state's Foundation Aid formula.

When I began my teaching career in 2007, more than a quarter of the students at my Queens elementary school were English language learners. Each year, our school seemed to shift its strategy for English as a New Language instruction in a fresh...

UFT members are prepared to fight for the contract they deserve. That was the message resonating across the city on Jan. 30, as educators gathered in their schools for “teach-ins” led by members of each school’s Contract Action Team.

This Brooklyn teacher uses immersive, engaging lessons and storytelling techniques to bring the past to life for his middle school students.

13.1 Posting. When a job vacancy in the bargaining unit exists, VNSNY Home Care shall post a notice of such opening in each Region/Program office for at least five (5) workdays and an Employee who desires to bid on the position shall do so in writing...

Two factors have contributed to the increase in bullying in recent years: the pervasiveness of social media and lingering stress from the pandemic. But no matter the reason, the surge has prompted educators to address the issue more urgently. 


Students in the Career and Technical Education dance program at Talent Unlimited HS in Manhattan learn not only technique and performance but also how to choreograph, produce and direct.

Just like a union, a professional organization represents the interests of its members. Banding together, members may be able to provide products and services to those who join — perhaps magazine subscriptions or professional development or insurance...

A basic tenet of the UFT has always been that organized labor and progressive elected officials are essential to promoting the interests of its members. Indeed, the backing of the labor movement and political allies was instrumental in the UFT’s...

The decision to transfer to a new school is personal and may be based on a variety of reasons. If you wish to transfer, there are more opportunities available to you now than ever before.

See benefits that may be received by the beneficiaries and/or family members after an in-service member passes away.

The UFT works with dozens of parent and community organizations in its advocacy for New York City students and schools.

An independent arbitrator has upheld the union's position and ruled that the city must offer work outside school buildings to immunocompromised members who — even vaccinated — are at high risk of contracting serious illness from a COVID-19 infection...

In the last 20 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, national hospital costs have tripled, and other medical charges have more than doubled, far outpacing increases in average family income.

Everything you need to know about the UFT's Student Debt Relief Program and the status of federal student-debt forgiveness.

A unique new elective at Eleanor Roosevelt HS on Manhattan's Upper East Side designed by computer science teacher Susan Ettenheim and known as Patterns of the World, allows students to apply computer science principles to the visual arts.

Representing approximately 5,000 nurses, the Federation of Nurses/ UFT is among New York City’s leading unions of healthcare professionals.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a disorder of the hand (caused by swollen tendons in the wrist) resulting from repetitious, forceful motion of the hands and wrists.

The Board and the UFT jointly support, and pledge to work together to implement on a pilot basis, a school-wide based bonus program pursuant to which educators will be awarded substantial cash bonuses for student achievement gains. The program will...

As set forth in Article 15 of the 2003-07 collective bargaining agreement covering paraprofessionals, the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers jointly support, and pledge to work together to implement on a pilot...

A. Excessing Where there is a reduction in positions at a work location, the junior employee in the affected title shall be excessed. In the event of reduction in part-time positions at a work location, the junior part-time employee in the title is...

UFT members have an opportunity to connect with like-minded colleagues on a deeper level, thanks to a unionwide invigoration of UFT professional committees and a new enrollment process that makes it much easier to participate.

Over the past decade, state certification requirements have changed several times and will continue to change as new state regulations are put in place. To help members find their way, the union has a team of UFT consultants and educational liaisons.

STEM has a long history of being exclusionary, and some students have a hard time imagining themselves in such roles. Bringing real scientists into the classroom, especially ones who share students’ backgrounds, helps expand that vision, middle...

The Big Bang theory may be right about the origin of the universe, but it isn’t much help when it comes to explaining the making of a union. Like other unions, the UFT didn’t just explode onto the scene in 1960.