UFT parental leave provides for six weeks of paid leave. Birth parents can supplement these weeks by using CAR days in their bank from the day of birth until either their available days run out, or ...

The UFT has created a new telehealth benefit for members who are not eligible for city health insurance. UFT members who are substitute paraprofessionals, per-diem teachers and members of the union’s ...

As a result of our intense negotiations with the DOE over our concerns with the NYC Solves curriculum, the DOE is releasing ...

Retiree Mark Grashow was visiting a high school in northern Zimbabwe 18 years ago when a teacher showed him a battered edition of “Romeo and Juliet,” which no students were allowed to touch or read ...

So you taught it only yesterday, but today your students remember none of it! As a middle school social studies teacher, I’ve faced this challenge countless times. This year, while teaching ...

The UFT in 2018 was the first municipal union in New York City to secure paid parental leave for its members. Parents of any gender may be eligible to take UFT parental leave following the birth, ...

Eligible educators can deduct from their federal income taxes up to $300 of unreimbursed expenses from 2024 for books, supplies, computer equipment (including related software and services), other ...

Union members enrolled in the UFT Welfare Fund and their eligible dependents can now get eyeglasses or contact lenses more frequently, for less money out of pocket and from more optical stores than ...

Reading scores dropped to a new low on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, while math scores were stagnant for 8th-graders and up slightly for 4th-graders. The NAEP results, often ...

Facts were the focus of a UFT workshop about how educators can support undocumented students and their families as the new administration steps up immigration enforcement. UFT members from the union’s ...

Federation of Nurses/UFT members who are licensed practical nurses with VNS Health overwhelmingly ratified a contract on Jan. 27 that provides a 7.5% increase in base pay over two years while ...