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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 [update] , 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 early 1960 the Teachers Guild merged with a splinter group from the more militant High School Teachers Association to form the United Federation of Teachers (UFT). The UFT struck on November 7, 1960. More than 5,600 teachers walked the picket line, while another 2,000 engaged in a sick-out. It was a fraction of the city's 45,000 teachers.
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. During the 1960s, Shanker received national attention and considerable criticism for his aggressive union leadership and skillful negotiation of salary increases for New York City teachers.
The Guild was one of many competing teacher organizations vying to represent the city's 44,000 teachers. In 1960, Cogen merged the Guild with the High School Teachers Association, forming the new United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and he was elected its first president.
The head of the powerful teachers' union is flunking a proposal to put a casino in Times Square -- in the heart of the beloved Broadway theater district.
The Chicago pension fund has provided benefits for public school teachers in the city since 1895. Ward said it has an 8% allocation to private equity and is dropping that back to 5%.
He became a full-time teacher at William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School, a vocational school in Brooklyn, New York in 1993. He held his first UFT office, as chapter leader at the high school in 1999, and helped win the Grady High School UFT chapter a Trachtenberg Award for its strength and unity in 2002. [4]
The loss of control of the UFT’s Retired Teachers Chapter by Mulgrew’s camp means the renegade faction will now be overseeing about 300 union seats carrying crucial voting and administration ...