The United Federation of Teachers will require any mayoral candidate seeking its endorsement to teach in a public school classroom for a day, as a dozen candidates compete in the race.

Spending on the public schools now accounts for more than a third of New York City’s budget — yet the woman nominally in ...

Over the course of the day on Thursday, the UFT will contact all the mayoral candidates to ask if they are interested in participating. If they agree, the union will work with them to schedule their ...

Middle school art teacher Olivia Swisher is leading a rank-and-file slate that seeks to topple the political machine that has dominated the New York City teachers union for more than six decades.

The nurses, who are unionized with the Federation of Nurses/UFT, on Tuesday evening filed the required 10-day notice for the strike, but they can still call it off if negotiations over a new ...

The Federation of Nurses/UFT ratified the two-year contract late on Feb. 27, about 24 hours before the old agreement was set to expire. On Feb. 18, nurses — who said they were underpaid and their ...

Read the UFT's 2025 legislative policy recommendations for New York City below or download a PDF of these priorities. Protecting our schools. Protecting New York City’s schools ...