The UFT Retired Teachers Committee has a long history of activism and union involvement. Our current retiree committees are continuing this tradition.

Caring for the whole child is who we are and it is what we do. That’s why the UFT is calling upon you once again to bring the ...

Delegates overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Oct. 15 to continue supporting the "RESPECT check" campaign and to participate in a citywide day of action on Nov. 13 — the new date of the City ...

The city Department of Education has released this year’s allotments for the Teacher’s Choice program, which reimburses eligible UFT members for some of the supplemental instructional supplies they ...

I provide care before and after school for students — and during the day for infants and toddlers — from my home in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Right now, I’m caring for my grandsons, who are 2 and 9, and ...

Dance musician and psychoanalyst may seem like worlds apart, but they share surprising common threads, says retiree Carla Levy, who made the transition after 31 years as a New York City public school ...

Research shows that students who participate in social-emotional learning (SEL) programs do better in school — both academically and socially. Not only do student achievement scores rise with exposure ...

UFT members who have requested to transfer from the Board of Education Retirement System (BERS) to the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) must complete and notarize a key form by Dec. 10 for their ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals ...

Retired UFT members joined Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks across the five boroughs and on Long Island in October. Retirees contributed in other ways as well. At the Staten Island Si Beagle ...

If you are a retired UFT member under age 65 and enrolled in the GHI CBP health plan, you will be automatically enrolled in the new NYC Employees PPO (NYCE PPO) plan effective Jan. 1, 2026. Here are ...

The NYC Employees PPO (NYCE PPO) health care plan will replace the GHI CBP plan for in-service city workers and pre-Medicare retirees on Jan. 1, 2026. The following are answers to members’ most common ...