March 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the union’s formation, the beginning of its remarkable growth and extraordinary ...

George is the UFT's virtual assistant, available 24/7 to provide answers to your most frequently asked questions straight ...

A 5th-grade class at PS 682 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is learning about earthquakes. They start by watching a video, with captions on, about an earthquake in Japan. One student walks to the front of ...

Forms of communication come and go, but public speaking has remained popular from ancient times through today. People tune into award shows primarily to watch the acceptance speeches. A speech can ...

With spring’s arrival, we enter field trip season in schools. Curriculum trends come and go, but field trips have been a mainstay of K–12 education for decades. Trips are fun excursions and provide a ...

After graduating from Queens Technical HS in 2015, UFT Career and Technical Education Award winner Mohammed Hossain spent two years in college pursuing his passion — electrical engineering. But rather ...

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew today announced that the union is establishing a new prerequisite for mayoral candidates who want to be considered for the UFT endorsement: ...

Members of the Federation of Nurses/UFT ratified a new contract Thursday night that raises nurses' salaries at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn by a compounded 15.8 percent and requires the hospital to ...

The Federation of Nurses/ UFT sent a 10-day strike notification to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn on Tuesday night, Feb. 18. Unions are required by federal labor law to give healthcare institutions 10 ...

The fact that the Justice Department is holding you hostage on your criminal case does not mean that you are free to ignore your responsibilities to the children and educators of New York City. Since ...

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew and New York City paraprofessionals joined City Council Education Committee Chair Rita Joseph, Council Labor Committee Chair Carmen De La Rosa, ...

“Our lawsuit against congestion pricing continues. Today's announcement changes nothing — pollution and traffic congestion will be worse in the poor, working- and middle-class neighborhoods of the ...