The UFT contingent heads up Fifth Avenue for the annual Labor Day parade.

Iris Diaz, the chapter leader at PS 19 in Queens, holds son Travis as they wait for the parade to get underway.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew gets together with paraprofessionals before the start of the parade.

Teachers and paraprofessionals from PS 135 in Queens join with UFT District 24 Representative John Harrington (fourth from left) as they prepare to march.

Members and their children ride the UFT float up Fifth Avenue.

Retired Teachers Chapter members roll up Fifth Avenue in a double-decker bus.

Social workers and psychologists, with Chapter Leader Raul Garcia (center), march along the parade route.

UFT members show their union pride.

Teacher Elise Ritter of the Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management in Manhattan attends the post-parade barbeque with her family.

Heidy Butt, the chapter leader at PS/MS 164 in Queens, and her 9-year-old daughter, Jasmine, enjoy the barbecue.