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Paras Need a Living Wage Now, Not To Be Used as Political Props

While UFT leadership, City Council Speaker Menin and Mayor Mamdani are cast as heroes and villains, we continue to forget paraprofessionals need a permanent living wage, now — not later.

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Tonight on Talk Out of School: Retired Paras Pay the Price for TRS’s Mistake

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Aug 9 • Educators of NYC

Urgent Action: Sign the Petition for a 2 Year Moratorium on the Use of AI in NYC Schools

Before AI Becomes Another School Mistake, Let’s Hit Pause. Sign the petition, now.

Jul 29 • Educators of NYC

When Mulgrew and Menin's Politics Become the Members' Politics

How one para bill, one endorsement controversy, one internal union email, and one paid ad exposes a larger struggle inside the UFT. And who declared…

Jul 28 • Educators of NYC

The Good, Bad and Ugly - The NYC Para Bill

A deep dive into the UFT and City Council's $10k pay plan for paraprofessionals.

Jul 21 • Educators of NYC

Ilyana Frias: A Unionist, an Advocate, a Sister — and Simply Irreplaceable

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Published on UFT’s Substack • Aug 14

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Sign the Petition to Support Paraprofessionals

UFT and AFT leadership must act now to protect 183 disabled paraprofessional retirees whose pension benefits have been slashed in half — for an error…

Published on FIX RETIREE BENEFITS - UFT • Aug 4

NYC and EmblemHealth Settle Senior Care Co-Pay Class Action for $53Million

One of the Largest Class Action Settlements in City History

Published on Marianne Pizzitola • Aug 3

The $10,000 check passed, but did we really win?

As the politics intensify, paraprofessionals must keep their focus on the goal that matters most: a living wage through collective bargaining.

Published on Alyson Monzon • Jul 30

The Respect Check Passes: A Temporary Victory Built By Pressure - And the Unfinished Fight.

How rank-and-file pressure pushed paraprofessional pay from a union fight to a City Hall vote—and why the legislation remains temporary, non-pensionable…

Jul 19 • Educators of NYC

The Newly Revised UFT Para Bill: The Promise That Kept Shrinking

How the UFT sold a permanent para pay index that would seek to offset pattern bargaining—and ended up with a temporary one-year payment. And only if it…

Jul 11 • Educators of NYC

Unity's Trifecta of Indifference

Three Pillars of Abject Failure

Published on Union Matters • Jul 6

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