Major shoutout to our amazing UFT delegates who brought so much passion and commitment to the AFT convention in Houston this week. We were able to accomplish so much together!
United Federation Of Teachers
Primary and Secondary Education
New York, New York 7,462 followers
About us
With nearly 200,000 members in total, the United Federation of Teachers is a powerful advocate for public education and working families in New York City. We represent some 110,00 public school teachers, paraprofessionals and other school staff who dedicate their lives to the city's children. Private sector nurses, administrative law judges and family childcare providers also belong to our union.
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http://www.uft.org
External link for United Federation Of Teachers
- Industry
- Primary and Secondary Education
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1960
- Specialties
- public education, nurses, labor union, public employees, student debt relief, Member Assistance Program, public schools, collective bargaining, and lobbying
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52 Broadway
New York, New York 10004, US
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The United Federation Of Teachers filed a lawsuit against #NYC Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to block his slashing of education funding.
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A group of dedicated UFT educators is advocating for policies to integrate climate education across the curriculum and producing teaching resources to speed their adoption. “Climate education needs to be at the forefront of every curricular decision,” said Shakira Provasoli, a teacher at PS 333 in Manhattan and the winner of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators. “To not teach students about what is really going on with our climate is to send them out into the world ill-equipped to design solutions to our current climate crisis.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g7PWnkKg
Shedding light on a crisis
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In January 2023, Najwa and her peers at Springfield Gardens High School in Queens successfully fought against Success Academy's proposals to colocate on their campus. Their student-led advocacy resulted in the proposals being withdrawn two days before the scheduled vote — an unprecedented victory for the community. Stopping the proposal, Najwa recalls, was a race against time. Read more about Najwa, or submit a student for Students of NYC, at www.studentsofnyc.com.
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