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When grievances arise out of school reorganization and involve class size, teacher programs or assignment, there are special time limits. Reorganization grievances must be filed within two school days after the employee has knowledge of the act or...

Our contract includes a provision that allows teachers to challenge procedural flaws in their observations and/or other aspects of their evaluation. This “streamlined process to resolve APPR compliance issues” has come to be known as the APPR...

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January 28, 2016 Jason Veny, Esq. Federation of Nurses/ UFT 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Mr. Veny: This letter will confirm that effective April 1, 2016, the Employer will eliminate the Employer match for Registered Nurses in the Visiting...

February 1, 2014 Adam Ross General Counsel United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, New York 10004 RE: 2014-2016 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care and United Federation of Teachers Dear Mr...

January 28, 2016 Jason Veny, Esq. Federation of Nurses/ UFT 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Mr. Veny: This letter will confirm that during our negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement, we agreed to facilitate a meeting in...

January 31, 2012 Adam S. Ross, Esq. General Counsel Federation of Nurses/ UFT 52 Broadway, 14th Floor New York, N.Y. 10004 Dear Mr. Ross: The tuition reimbursement policy shall be amended to include the current withholding tax rates on the taxable...

January 27, 2010 Adam S. Ross, Esq. Special Counsel Federation of Nurses/ UFT 52 Broadway, 14th Floor New York, N.Y. 10004 Dear Mr. Ross: The attached Telework Policy is being provided at the request of the Union during the negotiation of the 2010...

January 31, 2007 Lucille Swaim Federation of Nurses/ UFT 52 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10004 Dear Ms. Swaim: This letter will confirm this settlement of all grievances related to the offsetting compensation for the computer problems experienced by Per...

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January 31, 2007 Lucille Swaim Federation of Nurses/UFT 52 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10004 Dear Ms. Swaim: This letter is to document discussions had in connection with our recent negotiations, with regard to posting of Agency position vacancies, and...

January 31, 2005 Lucille Swaim Federation of Nurses/UFT 52 Broadway New York, NY 10004 Dear Ms. Swaim: This letter is intended to document the discussions we had at our recent collective bargaining negotiations, and the steps that will be taken in...

January 27, 2003 Lucille Swaim Coordinator of Negotiations United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 RE: 2003-2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement between VNS Home Care and United Federation of Teachers Dear Ms. Swaim...

January 22, 2003 Lucille Swaim Coordinator of Negotiations United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 RE: 2003-2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement between VNS Home Care and United Federation of Teachers Dear Ms. Swaim...

Check our certification page for the latest updates on state certification, guidance and important deadlines you need to know.

If your LODI request for 20 or more consecutive school days was denied medically (as opposed to administratively) by the doctors at the DOE, you have the option to apply for medical arbitration.

In the fall of 1961 a column appeared in the UFT’s newspaper, The United Teacher, under the byline: Albert Gordon. The writer, a social studies teacher from Brooklyn’s Samuel Tilden HS, told of his arrest the previous summer and his month-long...

A new math workshop helps upper elementary school students explore the relationship between familiar shapes and the unique architecture of the Morgan Library and Museum.

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Department of Education Carmen Fariña, Chancellor Adam Ross United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, New York 10007 Dear Adam: In the event a Peer Validator concurs with a principal's assessment of a teacher's performance and the...

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")...

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...

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...

Zika is a disease caused by Zika virus that is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild...

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Introduced by the city’s Department of Education as a pilot program in January 2008, Breakfast in the Classroom has since grown into one of the most significant health and wellness programs in city schools.

The 1st-graders from PS 166 in Astoria played in the dirt, squished the loamy soil through their fingers and grabbed handfuls of gravel as they set about creating individual terrariums. The fun was all part of a class trip to the Voelker Orth Museum...

Representatives from various UFT departments are available to visit your school to speak with your members about important issues.

Check out our new list of resources for teachers of English language learners: helpful websites, useful research and publications, professional organizations and more.

The Department of Education is strengthening the manifestation determination review (MDR) process as part of its recent settlement of the class-action lawsuit on behalf of students with disabilities who have been excluded from school without proper...

If you are enrolling in the Welfare Fund for benefits and are eligible, you should receive your insurance documents in 7-10 days. If you are enrolling with dependents for benefits, you must provide all specified required documents (marriage...

Make sure you are using the correct first and last name, birth date, Social Security number or 10-digit Welfare Fund ID number and zip code. Please use the first and last name that is shown on your paycheck, even if it differs from the name you used...