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...

Voters in Illinois will determine in 2022 whether collective bargaining is a constitutional right.

Chicago Public Schools has contracted with a Canadian company to monitor students’ public social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or potentially harm themselves and require staff – or police – intervention.

The city’s roughly 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees will remain in their current health plans with the same benefits this fall after a trial court judge this summer blocked the city from moving ahead with the Aetna Medicare Advantage PPO Plan. The...

Starbucks is slated to begin bargaining in late April with delegates from its 400 unionized stores after agreeing to end its two-year campaign against union organizing.


For a thorough description of the steps to take and forms to complete, visit the Injury in the Line of Duty section of the UFT website. As of the 2023 DOE-UFT contract, the OP200 form is no longer required. The following forms are available from your...

Librarians are valuable colleagues in schools, but often their role is misunderstood. Here is a FAQ to answer many of the questions you may have.

deep inside the darkest moment there is a sudden burst of light movement that illuminates ignorance beyond disbelief at the same time the sky breaks its promise to heaven and falls the black sun tries to re-ignite when out of the blue the weather...