School secretary Camille Orta (center) of Brooklyn’s Van Siclen Community MS leads her fellow members in displaying their union pride along the parade route.

A sea of blue shirts brings the UFT’s energy to the streets of New York City.

UFT marchers, including PS 174, Queens, teacher — and bagpiper — Richie Niccolich, cross 57th Street.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (4th from left) leads the way as UFT officers join him in holding the union’s banner high.

Food trucks parked in the parade staging area provide sustenance to UFT members before the march.

School social workers and psychologists mark the moment.

Getting in tune with his student musicians before the parade steps off is teacher Frank Scarano, the director of the Staten Island Port Richmond HS Marching Band.

All smiles in the parade staging area are (from left) Teacher Assigned member Kimberly Black, teacher Jade Speller from PS 195 in Queens, teacher Laurel Paul from PS 233 in Brooklyn and paraprofessional Ishraga Edah from PS 205 in Brooklyn.

Teacher Jenni Dyer of MS 167 in Manhattan lights up the parade route with her dog, J'ouvert, and Member Representative Jamie Polzin of the UFT Manhattan borough office.

Paraprofessional Dina Bruno of MS 297 in Queens picks up UFT swag near the registration table.

UFT retirees smile and wave as they motor up Fifth Avenue in a double-decker bus near the conclusion of the Labor Parade.