You can apply for a sabbatical by logging onto the DOE's Self Online Leave Application System (SOLAS). SOLAS is available at https://apps.schools.nyc/solas. If you are a teacher with 7 years of ...

Thousands of special education students in New York City public schools this school year are still without the services they are legally entitled to because of massive shortages of paraprofessionals, ...

Caring for the whole child is who we are and it is what we do. That’s why the UFT is calling upon you once again to bring the ...

“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 ...

WHEREAS, the class size law was recently passed and class size reduction is based on classes and not schools; therefore be it, RESOLVED, that chapter leaders and delegates, with the help of the UFT, ...

WHEREAS, the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old, sexist, and invasive law, remains on the books despite being dormant, presenting a potential threat to reproductive freedom and access to abortion medication ...

WHEREAS, UFT-represented employees and CSA-represented employees can be excessed in accordance with collective bargaining agreements; and WHEREAS, in some cases, principals have more APs than they ...

WHEREAS, children of asylum seekers often have been exposed to trauma during migration, lack of formal instruction and/or educational gaps in their countries of origin; and WHEREAS, asylum-seeking ...

The UFT honored the Federation of Nurses/UFT members at NYU Langone–Brooklyn with the Collective Action Award, which recognizes the power of grassroots organizing, at Teacher Union Day on Nov. 3, 2024 ...

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