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Where do my UFT dues go?
UFT members’ dues pay for the full array of services that your union provides to support you and your career — everything from professional support services and development to help you be better at your job to negotiating and enforcing the contract...
Outcry over Amazon bid to hire anti-union monitors
Amazon posted two job listings over the summer for intelligence analysts in charge of monitoring “labor organizing threats” inside the company. After the job posts went viral on social media, eliciting backlash from workers’ rights advocates, Amazon...
Special Ed and IEPs
If your child is receiving special education services, their school program is based on an Individualized Education Program (IEP) which should reflect the services and supports your child needs to progress in the curriculum, achieve proficiency on...
UFT COPE
Politics is union business. In hard economic times, political action is needed more than ever. Every member needs to enroll in UFT COPE.
Fashion Show at Maxwell Career and Technical Education HS
Student talent — from fashion and award design to culinary and musical skill — was on display at William H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education HS in East New York, Brooklyn, as Maxwell hosted a fashion show on June 16.
Communicating with members
Here are some tips and recommendations from fellow chapter leaders about communicating with your members.
Resolution recognizing and affirming the need to celebrate the great work done every day in New York City Public Schools
The UFT affirms the need to celebrate and honor the great achievements occurring on a daily basis in New York City schools due to the talent, dedication and hard work of its members together with their school communities.
Kudos to Sandra Leiser, PS 44, the Bronx
Sandra Leiser, the chapter leader at PS 44 in the Bronx, won compensation for her staff after an operational issues dispute with the principal, who arbitrarily shortened the staff lunch period at the start of the school year.
‘Lion King’ across the curriculum
If the Gallery Walk in March at K396 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, evoked thoughts of “The Lion King,” that was no accident. The hallways were transformed into a gallery of animal habitats on the African savannah after the school was one of five — and...
360-degree wellness
School professionals have challenging jobs. Our work includes taking care of the needs of students, colleagues and community members, as well as taking care of ourselves and our families. A 360-degree approach to wellness can help.