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Q&A on Excessing

Excessing is the process of reducing staff in a particular school or office when the number of available positions in a title or license area in that school is lower than the number of people in the school who require an assignment in that title or...

Federation of Nurses/UFT Professional Issues Conference

Hundreds of Federation of Nurses/UFT members gathered on Nov. 18 at union headquarters for their annual Professional Issues Conference to delve into some of their key concerns and honor colleagues who have helped improve working conditions.

Contract gets action on class size

Just two of this school year’s grievances over excessive class sizes citywide remained unresolved by Thanksgiving — thanks to a powerful provision in the 2018 Department of Education-UFT contract.

Article Seven — Hours

A. Workday The regular workday of school-based nurses and therapists is six hours and twenty-five minutes per day exclusive of an unpaid lunch period of thirty minutes.In single session schools, the day will start no earlier than 8:00 a.m. and end no...

Article Ten — Leaves

A. Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leave Employees on regular appointment reinstated after retirement will be credited with the cumulative reserves remaining to their credit upon retirement and such reserves as they accumulated as regular...

NYSUT member benefits

Check out these NYSUT discounts for UFT members on insurance, financial services, books, computers and more.

‘Building their brains’

A social worker and an instructional coordinator from the city DOE's Division of Early Childhood Education provide crucial support to 3K and pre-K teachers at PS 7 in East Harlem.