At the heart of this contract is the belief that if you want to achieve something significant, you have to empower the people who do the work.

Provisions regarding special education in the proposed contract.

On this episode, the United Federation of Teacher's President Michael Mulgrew is joined by UFT Paraprofessional Chapter Leader Shelvy Young-Abrams to discuss the highlights and significance of the new contract with regards to paras.

UFT members showed up at five simultaneous contract rallies — one in each borough — on May 24 to turn up the pressure on the city and the Department of Education to agree to a fair contract by the end of the school year.

The following salary schedules are aligned with the 2023 DOE-UFT contract. All schedules are subject to correction.