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  2. United Federation of Teachers - Wikipedia

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    The United Federation of Teachers ( UFT) is the labor union that represents most teachers in New York City public schools. As of 2005, there were about 118,000 in-service teachers and nearly 30,000 [2] paraprofessional educators in the union, as well as about 54,000 retired members. In October 2007, 28,280 home day care providers voted to join ...

  3. New York State United Teachers - Wikipedia

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    Website. nysut .org. New York State United Teachers ( NYSUT) is a 600,000-member New York state teachers union, affiliated since 2006 with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the AFL–CIO, and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT is an umbrella group which provides services to local affiliates in New York state; lobbies on ...

  4. New York City teachers' strike of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    Albert Shanker. The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill – Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New York City 's United Federation of Teachers. It began with a one day walkout in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.

  5. Randi Weingarten - Wikipedia

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    Weingarten stepped down from her post as president of the United Federation of Teachers on July 31, 2009. An opinion piece in the New York Post on January 16, 2011, characterized Weingarten's final paycheck from the UFT—which included payments for unused vacation days and sick time—as a $194,188 "golden parachute." Collective bargaining

  6. Albert Shanker - Wikipedia

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    He began his tenure as a union organizer in 1959 to help organize the Teacher's Guild, a New York City affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers that was founded by John Dewey in 1917. Eventually, the Teacher's Guild merged with New York City's High School Teacher's Association to form the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in 1960 ...

  7. History of education in New York City - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in New York City includes schools and schooling from the colonial era to the present. It includes public and private schools, as well as higher education. Annual city spending on public schools quadrupled from $250 million in 1946 to $1.1 billion in 1960. It reached $38 billion in 2022, or $38,000 per public school ...

  8. Michael Mulgrew - Wikipedia

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    Michael Mulgrew is the fifth President of the United Federation of Teachers, the trade union of teachers in New York City, New York. The union's executive board elected Mulgrew in July 2009. Prior to his current position, Michael was elected Vice President for Career and Technical Education (CTE) High Schools in 2005 and became the union’s ...

  9. District Council 37 - Wikipedia

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    District Council 37. DC 37 Health Center on Chambers Street. / 40.71470; -74.01304. District Council 37 (also known as DC37) is New York City's largest public sector employee union, representing over 150,000 members. [1] It’s important to note that DC37 may not represent retirees, because the Taylor Law prohibits public sector unions from ...