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UFT, students, educators sue DOE demanding equity at American Sign Language and English Lower School in Manhattan
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District of New York, asserts the DOE has put students and staff who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing at risk by refusing to install an appropriate emergency notification system that would alert deaf members of the...
VP for Special Education
MaryJo Ginese worked for the Department of Education as an occupational therapist for more than 21 years. After her promotion to supervisor of therapists in 2007, she provided exemplary clinical support to occupational therapists, where she was known...
Pandemic-related certification changes
The UFT fought alongside our state affiliate, NYSUT, for amendments to some of the state regulations that govern certification so that educators are not penalized by the interruptions caused by the pandemic.
Signs of the times
Three streets on Staten Island have been renamed to remember educators who died during the Covid pandemic. Two of those streets are near IS 24 in Great Kills and honor Sharon Nearby and Melissa Kruppa, early victims of the virus. The third street, in...
Easing tension and defusing pain as a chaplain
Susan Kramer has always been the type of person that people gravitate toward when they are struggling with a life dilemma or need advice and support. After retiring at the end of the 2020-21 school year, she saw an ad for a course with the United...
Giving back to communities year round
UFT Vice President for Elementary Schools Karen Alford writes that our schools are more than academic institutions. They are caring institutions and, as educators, we understand that caring for the communities we work in is part of teaching and...
School safety violations and complaints
Under Article 10B of the UFT-DOE contract, you have the right to file a safety complaint over violations of the school safety plan.
Jules Kolodny
When the union needed a sharp lawyer, it didn’t have far to look as long as Jules Kolodny was around.
Meet the President: District 15
UFT President Michael Mulgrew addressed the challenge facing teachers trying to prepare students for more difficult tests based on the new Common Core Learning Standards without a curriculum during a Meet the President gathering for District 15...
Organizing for all of our sakes
Our hard-earned rights and benefits become meaningless unless we’re willing to defend them. Standing up for ourselves and our students through collective action looks different from one school to the next, but taken all together, our ability to act...