Stop the ‘trainsanity’
The UFT demands the city Department of Education put an end to the insanity of an increasingly expansive list of mandatory annual trainings. Covering everything from bloodborne pathogens to sexual harassment and diabetes, there just aren’t enough...
Include mandates in contract negotiations
A Queens elementary teacher is outraged at the amount of uncompensated time it takes to complete mandated trainings and suggests the union include the issue in upcoming contract negotiations.
No time for mandated trainings
A Staten Island high school teacher joins many of his UFT colleagues in decrying the amount of mandated trainings DOE educators face.
Wanted: Designated mandated-training days
A Brooklyn school social worker advocates for the creation of designated mandated-training days.
Maia Baumgarth, Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical HS, the Bronx
Chapter Leader Maia Baumgarth of Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical HS in the Bronx strives to educate herself and her colleague on the ins and outs of the DOE-UFT contract under which they all work, ensuring students receive the services they need...
UFT Contract Negotiating Committee to convene in June
The UFT Contract Negotiating Committee, made up of over 600 members, will begin in June to chart union strategy for negotiating the next DOE-UFT contract.
Paperwork and operational issues
The operational issues resolution process in the DOE-UFT contract gives UFT-represented educators more voice at the school level to tackle workplace issues. Chapter leaders can bring issues to their principals in a one-on-one meeting, a consultation...