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Request a speaker for your school

Representatives from various UFT departments are available to visit your school to speak with your members about important issues.

Appendix G — Closing of Island and Horizon Academies

CLOSING OF ISLAND AND HORIZON ACADEMIES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK And UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2, AFT, AFL-CIO This Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA")...

Testimony regarding efforts to help struggling schools

UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell testified before the City Council Committee on Education regarding efforts to help struggling schools.

Dorothy Lowery

Dorothy Lowery worked as a paraprofessional, a school secretary and a teacher.

How do I change my name on record with the UFT?

You must provide a legal document (marriage certificate, etc.) for proof of name change. If you receive Welfare Fund benefits, you should fill out the fill out the Welfare Fund’s Change of Status Form on the UFT website to change your name. If you...

Red Apple Welfare Fund Guide for in-service members

View or download the Red Apple guide to UFT Welfare Fund health benefits for in-service members and their families.

Your rights as new members

As UFT members, you have rights on the job — rights to professional and fair treatment and to working conditions that help make a tough job more doable. These rights have been negotiated in a give-and-take process with management. It’s important to...

Who is covered?

With some exceptions, K–12 teachers are covered by Advance.

About Family Child Care Providers

We are the thousands of family child care providers in New York City who have decided to fight back. After two years of struggle, we voted in October 2007 to join the United Federation of Teachers, the largest education union in the city.

April 3, 2015: Union wins paperwork ruling

The union defined standards for paperwork reduction in it's 2014 DOE-UFT contract, and when a principal at John Dewey HS in Brooklyn ignored those standards in 2015, the contract enabled the union to hold the principal accountable.