See summer payroll dates for pedagogues, paraprofessionals, substitute paraprofessionals and members working in the Chapter 683 special education summer program.

After months of organizing, documenting and union intervention, educators at Flushing HS succeeded in shutting down a principal’s initiative that isolated students from their peers. The now-defunct ...

The third annual retention bonus negotiated as part of the 2023 DOE-UFT contract will be paid in May. All UFT-represented employees who worked full-time during the 12 months leading up to April 1, ...

Members of the Federation of Nurses/UFT ratified a new contract Friday night that raises nurses' salaries at Staten Island University Hospital- South (SIUHS) by a compounded 14 percent, protects their ...

When trust is broken by someone (or something) you rely on, the impact can be deeply disorienting. In this episode of the Brewing Wellness podcast, trauma-informed therapists Suzanne Shanley and Emily ...

Federation of Nurses/UFT members who are registered professional nurses employed by VNS Health overwhelmingly ratified a contract on Jan. 27 that provides a 12% compounded pay increase over two years, ...

About 1,700 UFT members and guests marked the union’s 65th anniversary at this year’s observance of Teacher Union Day on Nov. 2 by honoring union members past and present for their efforts to improve ...

UFT members at the six sites that make up District 31 Pre-K Centers on Staten Island are no longer staying silent in the face of mistreatment from their principal, thanks to Chapter Leader Amy Craine.

The votes are in. On Jan. 1, 2026, Zohran Mamdani will be the mayor of New York City. This is great news for union members and for the UFT. Never before have we had a mayor who is a stronger champion ...

The city Department of Education has released this year’s allotments for the Teacher’s Choice program, which reimburses eligible UFT members for some of the supplemental instructional supplies they ...

Diversity in all its forms, from job title to years of membership, is among the UFT’s strengths. Our union has more than 200,000 members, including some 78,000 teachers, 26,000 paraprofessionals and ...

The United Federation of Teachers' Delegate Assembly, the union's highest decision-making body, voted Tuesday evening to endorse Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in the ...