More than 700 UFT members marched up Fifth Avenue in the city’s Labor Day Parade, the first one held since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic that hit early the following year. As they waited for their turn to march, the union’s members gathered for a pre-parade celebration.
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, bonds over ice cream with his son, a 1st-grader at PS 31 in Brooklyn.
UFT members head up Fifth Avenue to renew the annual ritual that was canceled in 2020 and 2021.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third from left at front) offers encouragement to an enthusiastic contingent of union marchers.
UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds, who is also secretary-treasurer of the New York City Central Labor Council, which sponsors the parade, was among the UFT leaders who were marching.
The Port Richmond HS Marching Band provided the up-tempo musical accompaniment for the uptown procession.
UFT retirees make themselves heard from the top of a double-decker bus.
The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
UFT members in Protect Our Freedoms T-shirts were among those raising specific labor issues at the parade. Others hailed the union organizing efforts at Amazon warehouses.
From left to right: UFT Director of the Events and Marketing Services Kathy Guilbert, School Counselors Chapter Liaison Emma Mendez, School Counselors Evans Barreau, Marissa Kropp, Raul DelHoyo, Brenda Rodriguez, Maria Prieto, Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.
Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, bonds over ice cream with his son, a 1st-grader at PS 31 in Brooklyn.
UFT members head up Fifth Avenue to renew the annual ritual that was canceled in 2020 and 2021.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third from left at front) offers encouragement to an enthusiastic contingent of union marchers.
UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds, who is also secretary-treasurer of the New York City Central Labor Council, which sponsors the parade, was among the UFT leaders who were marching.
The Port Richmond HS Marching Band provided the up-tempo musical accompaniment for the uptown procession.
UFT retirees make themselves heard from the top of a double-decker bus.
The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
UFT members in Protect Our Freedoms T-shirts were among those raising specific labor issues at the parade. Others hailed the union organizing efforts at Amazon warehouses.
From left to right: UFT Director of the Events and Marketing Services Kathy Guilbert, School Counselors Chapter Liaison Emma Mendez, School Counselors Evans Barreau, Marissa Kropp, Raul DelHoyo, Brenda Rodriguez, Maria Prieto, Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.
Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, bonds over ice cream with his son, a 1st-grader at PS 31 in Brooklyn.
UFT members in Protect Our Freedoms T-shirts were among those raising specific labor issues at the parade. Others hailed the union organizing efforts at Amazon warehouses.
From left to right: UFT Director of the Events and Marketing Services Kathy Guilbert, School Counselors Chapter Liaison Emma Mendez, School Counselors Evans Barreau, Marissa Kropp, Raul DelHoyo, Brenda Rodriguez, Maria Prieto, Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.
Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, bonds over ice cream with his son, a 1st-grader at PS 31 in Brooklyn.
UFT members head up Fifth Avenue to renew the annual ritual that was canceled in 2020 and 2021.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third from left at front) offers encouragement to an enthusiastic contingent of union marchers.
UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds, who is also secretary-treasurer of the New York City Central Labor Council, which sponsors the parade, was among the UFT leaders who were marching.
The Port Richmond HS Marching Band provided the up-tempo musical accompaniment for the uptown procession.
UFT retirees make themselves heard from the top of a double-decker bus.
The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
UFT members in Protect Our Freedoms T-shirts were among those raising specific labor issues at the parade. Others hailed the union organizing efforts at Amazon warehouses.
From left to right: UFT Director of the Events and Marketing Services Kathy Guilbert, School Counselors Chapter Liaison Emma Mendez, School Counselors Evans Barreau, Marissa Kropp, Raul DelHoyo, Brenda Rodriguez, Maria Prieto, Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.
Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, bonds over ice cream with his son, a 1st-grader at PS 31 in Brooklyn.
UFT members head up Fifth Avenue to renew the annual ritual that was canceled in 2020 and 2021.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third from left at front) offers encouragement to an enthusiastic contingent of union marchers.
UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds, who is also secretary-treasurer of the New York City Central Labor Council, which sponsors the parade, was among the UFT leaders who were marching.
The Port Richmond HS Marching Band provided the up-tempo musical accompaniment for the uptown procession.
UFT retirees make themselves heard from the top of a double-decker bus.
The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
UFT members in Protect Our Freedoms T-shirts were among those raising specific labor issues at the parade. Others hailed the union organizing efforts at Amazon warehouses.
From left to right: UFT Director of the Events and Marketing Services Kathy Guilbert, School Counselors Chapter Liaison Emma Mendez, School Counselors Evans Barreau, Marissa Kropp, Raul DelHoyo, Brenda Rodriguez, Maria Prieto, Chapter Leader Rosemarie Thompson and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.
Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.
Raul Garcia, the chapter leader of the School Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter, bonds over ice cream with his son, a 1st-grader at PS 31 in Brooklyn.
