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 Please watch the latest Unity-UFT promo video . For those who do not know, Unity is the invitation-only caucus (political party) that has c...

The Delegate Assembly actually was not a total waste of time as it was announced that an early retirement bill has been introduced in the S...

Moment of silence for Elizabeth Languilli and Edie Shanker (wife of Al Shanker) who both passed away. President's Report  Only school sy...

Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report on the city's finances . Guess what: the financial situation is not as dire as the mayor...

 Back when I was at Jamaica High School, there were always classes for the Long Term Absentee students. We called them "phantom classes...

I continue to be suspicious by how quickly the UFT and the City were able to come to an agreement to delay payment for work we did up to 11 ...

Below is a letter the  Teachers Retirement System sent to active UFTers urging them to increase their TDA contributions for the final lump s...

There is an arbitration agreement between the UFT and the City that was reached today. Arbitrators don't rule in a few hours. Jeff Kaufm...

The City is refusing to pay the last lump sum retro payment they owe us for work that we did from 2009-2011. Why we agreed to this arrangeme...

Once again the headline is a little misleading, just as when we covered the start of the Brooklyn Friends School strike , but it is accurate...

The piece below is from the Principal's Digest. It is dated October 5. There is more money to cover in-person staffing needs. I have a q...

I saw that there was actually some noise made on Twitter about decertifying the UFT as the NYC teachers' bargaining agent and then start...

 The UFT Solidarity inspired court case that three judges refused to rule on its merits has not yet reached judge four but the City-Depart...

I know, it's kind of a deceptive headline. Obviously, it isn't teachers represented by the UFT who are going on strike today. Teache...

 We've been attempting to help teachers and other educators survive in the COVID-19 era. In Austin Texas, they have the right idea. From...

I have been arguing since March that because UFT members are contractually entitled to a safe work environment  (Article 10F), there is not...

I was just going to print the latest Michael Mulgrew email to members (see below) and leave it at that. However, sometimes I just can't ...

Reports I heard on the first day of in person classes for secondary schools included huge class sizes for remote classes, dirty buildings, f...

We put this information out there twice in the last few days but it is worth repeating for secondary school UFTers. School is opening tomor...

 From the DOE : Monthly testing of randomly selected staff and students is a vital part of our efforts to prevent COVID-19 transmission in o...