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Empowering educators
The overriding theme of the proposed DOE-UFT contract agreement is empowering educators to fight for the working conditions they need to do their jobs.
Filling a Leaky Bucket: A New Look at the Teacher Shortage: March 2004
New York City had to hire more than 9,000 new teachers for the 2003-04 school year alone, the equivalent of 11.5 percent of its 78,000-member teaching force. In fact, the city has hired almost that many new teachers every year since 1997.
Article Thirty-Three — Conformity to Law-Saving Clause
If any provision of this Agreement is or shall at any time be contrary to law then such provision shall not be applicable or performed or enforced, except to the extent permitted by law and any substitute action shall be subject to appropriate...
Functional chapters
Over the years, the United Federation of Teachers has grown to include many different kinds of educators and school-based professionals who share common interests and concerns. These various groups have formed chapters of their own, known as...
Article Twenty-Three — Discharge Review Procedures
It is the policy of the Board that the discharge of an employee should be based on good and sufficient reason and that such action should be taken by the supervisor having such authority only after he/she has given due consideration to the matter. If...
The changing world of special ed
If there is one thing that is a constant in special education, it’s change.
Staten Island staff uses teamwork to save lives
Teamwork often comes into play when UFT members are doing their jobs — and sometimes, as it did at lunchtime on Nov. 7 at the Richard H. Hungerford School, a District 75 school in Stapleton, Staten Island, it can save a life.
Building bridges for educators and students
Let me introduce myself. I’m MaryJo Ginese, the union’s new vice president for special education.
Celebrating victories on many fronts
“Compassion, empathy, dedication, courage and creativity are part of our DNA,” declared UFT President Michael Mulgrew to the nearly 1,800 UFT members packed into the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown on May 18 for the union’s annual Spring...