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www.uft.org. 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 ...
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.
Occupation (s) Labor Leader, AFT & UFT President. Spouses. Pearl Sabath (1949 — 1960) [1] Edith Shanker (1960 — 1997) [1][2] Children. 4. Albert Shanker (September 14, 1928 – February 22, 1997) was president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985 and president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1974 to 1997.
Retired city educators furious over proposed changes to their health care have toppled a union slate allied with powerful United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.. The Mulgrew ...
New York City teachers voted to ratify a new five-year union contract that provides annual raises and significantly expands virtual learning, the United Federation of Teachers announced Monday.
Anderson Avenue garbage strike. A common scene throughout New York City in 1968 during a sanitation workers strike. The transit strike was the first of many labor struggles. In 1968 the teachers' union (the United Federation of Teachers, or the UFT) went on strike over the firings of several teachers in a school in Ocean Hill and Brownsville. [6]
In Spring, 1965, the "CSA Welfare Fund" was established. The Board of Education agreed to provide $140 per CSA member to the Fund. In June 1966, the trustees decided to provide supplemental major medical insurance, and extended Blue Cross coverage and life insurance as well. In September, 1966, the CSA established a full-time office in Brooklyn.
The United Hospital Fund of New York (UHF) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving health care in New York. It conducts health policy research and supports numerous health care initiatives through fundraising, grantmaking, and collaboration with other health care organizations. Since August 2017, the organization is led by Oxiris ...