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Labor Day Parade 2022

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.

A group of union members march in the street of New York City for the 2022 Labor Day Parade

UFT members head up Fifth Avenue to renew the annual ritual that was canceled in 2020 and 2021.

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A group of union members march with UFT swag

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third from left at front) offers encouragement to an enthusiastic contingent of union marchers.

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A group of union members march through a park surrounded by trees

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.

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The Port Richmond HS school band marches down the street at the 2022 Labor Day Parade

The Port Richmond HS Marching Band provided the up-tempo musical accompaniment for the uptown procession.

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A group of members look down from the second deck of a double-decker bus at the 2022 Labor Day Parade

UFT retirees make themselves heard from the top of a double-decker bus.

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The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.

The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.

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A group of members walk down the street with signs and chanting

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.

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Eight people from the UFT pose for a photo at the NYC Labor Day Parade.

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.

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A woman on the left paints the face of a little girl on the right

Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.

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Parade attendees and UFT members line up at a food truck

Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.

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A man poses and smiles for a photo with his son who is holding ice cream

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.

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A group of union members march in the street of New York City for the 2022 Labor Day Parade

UFT members head up Fifth Avenue to renew the annual ritual that was canceled in 2020 and 2021.

Pat Arnow
A group of union members march with UFT swag

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (third from left at front) offers encouragement to an enthusiastic contingent of union marchers.

Pat Arnow
A group of union members march through a park surrounded by trees

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.

Pat Arnow
The Port Richmond HS school band marches down the street at the 2022 Labor Day Parade

The Port Richmond HS Marching Band provided the up-tempo musical accompaniment for the uptown procession.

Pat Arnow
A group of members look down from the second deck of a double-decker bus at the 2022 Labor Day Parade

UFT retirees make themselves heard from the top of a double-decker bus.

Pat Arnow
The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.

The UFT float passes by St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.

Pat Arnow
A group of members walk down the street with signs and chanting

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.

Pat Arnow
Eight people from the UFT pose for a photo at the NYC Labor Day Parade.

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.

Rashad Brown
A woman on the left paints the face of a little girl on the right

Their children got their faces painted while parents Lindsay and Rick Colon, who both work at the UFT Teachers Center, enjoyed the makeovers.

Pat Arnow
Parade attendees and UFT members line up at a food truck

Since unions, like armies, march best when well-nourished, UFT members hit the food trucks before hitting the streets.

Pat Arnow
A man poses and smiles for a photo with his son who is holding ice cream

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.

Pat Arnow