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Chapter member spotlight: Our physical therapist of the year
Every year, we ask you to nominate a colleague who does outstanding work. We heard about some truly remarkable therapists, including Victor Barangan, who works in PS 229 in Queens.
Article Twenty-Two — Working Conditions of Day-to-Day (Occasional) Substitute School Secretaries
A. Rates of Pay and Frequency of Payment During the term of this Agreement the pay rates per day applicable to day-to-day secretaries shall be: Effective Date Rate May 19, 2008 $115.61 May 1, 2013 $116.77 May 1, 2014 $117.94 May 1, 2015 $121.50 May 1...
Site inspections
We offer technical assistance in building inspections by state and city agencies.
16 schools join PROSE program
Sixteen schools have won approval to join the PROSE program, enabling them to rethink old rules and come up with new ways of managing the school day to enhance student learning, professional development and parent engagement.
Kudos to Yvonne Reasen, Engineering and Technical Academy, Bronx
Bronx Engineering and Technical Academy Chapter Leader Yvonne Reasen used the new expedited resolution process for operational issues, negotiated as part of the 2018 DOE-UFT contract, to get the basic instructional supplies desperately needed by...
Kudos to Gloria Castillo, PS 11, Manhattan
When PS 11 Chapter Leader Gloria Castillo began to think about retirement, she also began to plan for a seamless transition in union leadership at her Chelsea school.
Update on OATH's return-to-work plan
During the past two weeks, I have heard from many of you about our shared concerns regarding when the city Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings will resume operations and what the office conditions will be like when we return. Read OATH's...
Nurses charge NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn puts patients at risk by ignoring mandated staff/patient ratios
On hundreds of occasions in the last 18 months, patients at NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn have been put at risk by the understaffing of nurses and aides, including in the hospital’s Intensive and Critical Care units. The Federation of Nurses/UFT...
Stunning Amazon upset
The Amazon Labor Union wins one organizing battle and loses one at two of the company's Staten Island warehouses.
Joint Intentions and Commitments
Enhanced student achievement based upon high standards and expectations must be the driving force behind every activity of New York City public schools. To accomplish this, we must reinvent schools so that decision making is shared by those closest...