A retiree speaks of the caring guidance and wisdom shared by former UFT Secretary Tom Pappas who died recently at the age of 93.

A Brooklyn teacher expresses her gratitude for the care and dedication paraprofessionals demonstrate for students daily.

A teacher at Brooklyn's PS 152 lauds recently retired UFT Secretary LeRoy Barr for his mentorship and guidance.

A Staten Island paraprofessional presses for passage of the "RESPECT" check, reminding the public that she and her colleagues are as deserving as any of greater compensation.

A Brooklyn paraprofessional says passage of the "RESPECT," saying she and her colleagues deserve to be shown they're valued.

The chapter leader at PS/IS 384 in Brooklyn urges his fellow UFT members to fight to "Fix Tier 6" and improve retirement and pension benefits.

Paraprofessional Luis Garcia of PS 55 in the Bronx opines on the challenges city schools face without a "RESPECT check" to help ease the shortage in his ranks.



A retiree praises the efforts of Chapter Leader Amy Craine of District 31 Pre-K Centers on Staten Island with whom he once had the pleasure of working.

Paraprofessionals make the case to outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to back the RESPECT check bill.

Paraprofessionals make the case to outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to allow the RESPECT check bill to get a vote.