Dear Members, The time has come for us to retire this old website. After over 7 years, we’ve changed our domain and have a newly renovated website. Please book-mark www.solidarityuft.org for all your UFT needs! See you over at our new website! Read More
Queens ATR (a pseudonym and not her real name) is an Reading Specialist in Queens elementary and middle schools. She comes from a proud union family and has been involved in the UFT for over a decade. These are her words and not the opinion of UFT Solidarity caucus. Once… Read More
Manhattan ATR (her pseudonym) is a passionate Social Studies Educator and a proud member of UFT Solidarity and a unionist. These are her words and not the opinion of the UFT Solidarity caucus. For the past several years, the New York City Department of Education’s Absent Teacher Reserve pool (ATR)… Read More
UFT Solidarity and the ICE UFT Blog are collecting stories of long term, Z-status, and appointed term subs who have not been receiving their pay and benefits. We are hoping that enough of us can come together, stand together, and fight for people’s rightfully earned salary and benefits. This is… Read More
Anyone who genuinely wants to improve the UFT is welcome to join me on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM for a UFT Solidarity sponsored Zoom workshop on running for chapter leader or delegate. The school chapters are the backbone of the Union. If multiple UFTers with integrity and… Read More
UPDATE: Teacher Evaluation System **This is from my District Rep** The UFT has reached a teacher evaluation agreement with the city Department of Education for the 2020-21 school year under which most teachers will receive only one informal observation and members who have already had successful walkthroughs will not need… Read More
The CDC has announced that teachers do not need vaccines to return to their classrooms. They only need “resources” to stay safe. Why doubt the CDC? Why question this government institution? Everyone should doubt an institution that reverses its position and puts safety last. The CDC has said that masks… Read More
The framers of Education Law 906(1) never conceived of students being asymptomatic carriers of a virus like COVID-19 and could infect the families of countless students. To not test a significant portion of the student population that is known to asymptotic carriers by numerous scientific studies, and endangers lives to… Read More
Hello People! Our Friday and Saturday sessions were well-attended and we had a lively and insightful discussions of various aspects of how our union came into being. We were able to thoroughly cover the preface and first two chapters of The Teacher Rebellion. I would like to forge ahead with the… Read More
Dear friends and family,Please push Cuomo to waive teacher evaluation this year. DiBlasio and Carranza screwed the School Year up by not focusing on schools until mid-July. Online instruction is very different than teaching in a building and to evaluate teachers on student engagement under these COVID-19 times is just… Read More
