UFT President Michael Mulgrew explains how New York State’s Foundation Aid proposal for the next fiscal year shortchanges the children of New York City, where over 75% of students live in poverty.

AFT President Randi Weingarten and UFT President Michael Mulgrew explain how careers related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—STEM—are well paid and in demand, including in areas around the country that have suffered from de-industrialization.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News calling for an update to New York’s budget process to make it more democratic and responsive to the needs of communities.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News about the mayor's proposed budget cuts and the crisis it will create for our city. 

It’s time for Albany to pass a legislative package to bring real oversight to the charter sector. The charter school movement began with bold promises of remaking the educational landscape. The reality is that charters’ “success” has mostly come at the expense of public school children and families.

The UFT found that nearly 90% of the system’s current buildings could adopt the new class size guidelines by using administrative and similar spaces for instruction.