Category: UFT Solidarity News
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Statement on Mayoral Control
Mayoral control of the public schools has been a disaster for New York City. We urge the Education Committee of the New York City Council to take a hard look at its failings and listen to those who are proposing meaningful alternatives.
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Oversized classes? Report them discreetly. Here is how.
Hello all. Leonie Hamison is collecting anecdotal evidence that NYC is not following state class size laws. She is an Advocate for class size reduction for decades. She is definitely worth contacting if you want to report the size of your classes discreetly and know that Leonie will give the powers that be an earful.…
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Oversized classes? Report them discreetly.
Hello all. Leonie Hamison is collecting anecdotal evidence that NYC is not following state class size laws. She is an Advocate for class size reduction for decades. She is definitely worth contacting if you want to report the size of your classes discreetly and know that Leonie will give the powers that be an earful.…
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Op-Ed: Thoughts on the 2023 UFT Contract
As we mull over the tentative contract agreement, let us consider some historic trends to let us know where we currently stand salary and benefits-wise. I am just finishing my 17th year at the DOE, which means that when I first joined the UFT my salary was $41,172 a year. When we plug that into…
