On July 16, the City Council passed our RESPECT check legislation! See answers to questions you may have about the bill and learn the next steps. UFT members and their families enjoyed carnival games, ...

Expecting parents in their last trimester are invited to attend a small group consultation with Queens leave specialists Greer Hansen and Anne Wine. Participants will have the opportunity to ask ...

Thousands of special education students in New York City public schools this school year are still without the services they are legally entitled to because of massive shortages of paraprofessionals, ...

About 1,700 UFT members and guests marked the union’s 65th anniversary at this year’s observance of Teacher Union Day on Nov. 2 by honoring union members past and present for their efforts to improve ...

“If the lesson doesn’t work, do we give up?” asked UFT President Mulgrew of the more than 1,600 UFT members at the union’s Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on May 17. “No! We ...

When Chapter Leader Debbie Strack Cregan returned to work at PS 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens, in the spring of 2023 following medical leave for knee replacement surgery, she didn’t recognize her ...

Dayniah Manderson’s favorite genre to teach in her 8th-grade English classes at Mott Hall Community School is dystopian fiction. “I love that the hero challenges the status quo because it coincides ...

When Iryna Kulyk, a paraprofessional at P 9 in Queens, approached the start line of the UFT’s eighth annual 5K Family Run/Walk on May 14, she was met by the sight of runners wearing ribbons bearing ...

Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant), one of the nation’s leading mental health organizations, announces a new partnership with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to introduce transformative mental ...

The UFT Welfare Fund maintains a Department of Retiree Programs to develop and conduct informational meetings, with cultural, instructional and recreational programs for retirees. The Department ...

Mental health services are available to all UFT members throughout the summer courtesy of the UFT's Member Assistance Program. Members are invited to participate in MAP’s seasonal self-care group.

Jouleni Cruz had parent-teacher conferences on her mind as she exited East-West School of International Studies in Flushing, Queens, and headed for her car on Sept. 28. Suddenly, she heard the ...