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Florida Center's Day at the University: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musicals

Please register for a Day at the University at the UFT's Florida Center. Florida Center's Day at the University is a series of lectures presented by different speakers. Each of the seven sessions offered in 2025 will feature a variety of special guests, who will provide educational, thought-provoking and entertaining lectures on art, history, music, ecology and more. Check out the catalog and sign up for the ones that interest you!

Florida Center's Day at the University: The Magic of Motown - A Look at the Development and Success of Motown/Detroit

Please register for a Day at the University at the UFT's Florida Center. Florida Center's Day at the University is a series of lectures presented by different speakers. Each of the seven sessions offered in 2025 will feature a variety of special guests, who will provide educational, thought-provoking and entertaining lectures on art, history, music, ecology and more. Check out the catalog and sign up for the ones that interest you!

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks 2024

UFT members took strides in the fight against breast cancer in all five boroughs of New York City and on Long Island to raise awareness and money for the union’s annual October fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Many wore pink and walked in tribute to colleagues who have battled the disease.

Retirees help turn out the vote

uFT retirees turned out in force this election cycle to make calls and knock on doors in support of Kamala Harris for president and other union-endorsed candidates down the ballot.

Medicare 101: All you need to know

Signing up for Medicare involves more than just checking a box on a form; there are multiple parts to Medicare, and rules and premiums vary.

Trading lesson plans for shopping lists

Retiree Lorraine Castro has traded in lesson plans for shopping lists since joining forces with her daughter, an in-service teacher at DeWitt Clinton HS in the Bronx, to launch Flavor Bandits, a food truck business that serves up empanadas and other...

We remain one union

We may have differences, but we all work together on the important stuff. We put members first, and we don’t let our differences get in the way of our similarities.


Marian Thom, founding member of the Paraprofessionals Chapter, dies

Marian Thom, a dynamic force for Asian American causes and a founding member of the UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter, died on Sept. 4 after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 88.

Relief for joint pain

UFT Welfare Fund members, both in-service and retired, and their families now have special access to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) thanks to a new partnership between the UFT Welfare Fund and the hospital.

Push to improve pension COLA

Delegates at the UFT Delegate Assembly approved a resolution calling for the union to push for a fairer cost of living adjustment for New York City public employee pensions.