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UFT’s $23m Sell‑Out: Educators Betrayed in the AI Gold Rush

AFT and UFT announce $23m collaboration with Big Tech AI companies. Yet, still no MOA with the City to address issues with AI and to ensure protections…

Jul 15 •

Educators of NYC

'We Are the Union': Time to Let UFT Staffers Unionize and End Patronage Rule

Reinstate the UFT 6, now. Allow UFT staffers to unionize, collectively bargain, protect whistleblowers, allow for due process and implement other…

Jul 1 •

Educators of NYC

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The Latest Edu News and A Conversation with Marianne Pizzitola

Co-host Daniel Alicea dove into the political earthquake caused by Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary.

Jul 1 •

Educators of NYC

Tonight— Don’t Miss This Week’s Powerful Episode of Talk Out of School on WBAI 99.5 FM

Tune in tonight at 7 pm on your radio or online at wbai.org

Jun 29 •

Educators of NYC

UFT Members Win: A Better Contract’s Daniel Alicea Defends Free Speech, Beats Back Union’s California Lawyers

Unity UFT leadership’s attempt to shut down UFT members’ free speech was thwarted in domain dispute as Alicea, pro-se, beats back corporate lawyers…

Jun 16 •

Educators of NYC

Misogyny, Silence, and Power: What Two Harassment Cases Reveal About the UFT’s Broken Culture

Our social contract with union leadership remains broken. Calls to just 'move on' and ignore the elephant in the room are ANTI-UNION.

Jun 16

MORE OF MULGREW’S HEALTHCARE MESS: MLC now opting to impose much higher tiered copays on city workers and their families.

With looming tiered copays for select hospitals and providers -- we can’t afford Mulgrew anymore! In this UFT election, we must vote for A Better…

May 3 •

Michael Mulgrew’s monumental healthcare mess: The indictment that must send him home packing

As the UFT election begins full swing, and the city workers and retirees reel from Mulgrew's healthcare mess, the MLC sues City for the ill-fated deals…

Apr 30 •

Educators of NYC

Talk Out of School podcast: Audrey Watters on the dangers of using AI in the classroom

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Mar 5 •

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A Conversation with UFT presidential candidate, Amy Arundell - Part 1

Amy Arundell shares her journey and decision to join A Better Contract in the 2025 election.

Feb 24 •

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The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC

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Fix Para Pay For Real - No More Backroom Deals

Fix Para Pay, the rank and file paraprofessional slate of the UFT, responds to the proposed City Council legislation by the current UFT leadership to…

Feb 1

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Talk Out of School The best and worst in education during 2024, and our hopes for 2025

with Leonie Haimson, Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez and Daniel Alicea

Jan 17 •

Urgent Call To Action: Tell City and union bosses to — Get Out of Our Pockets! End Retiree Copays, Pass Intro 1096

Join this letter/email campaign by NYC retirees and active workers seeking to end the erosion of our benefits.

Dec 30, 2024 •

Educators of NYC

Mulgrew's Admin Unity Caucus Tries to Hide Their Years of Diminishing Our Healthcare

As the 2025 UFT election ramps up, Unity desperately seeks to take the focus off what they did to our healthcare and refusal to atone. They've enlisted…

Dec 28, 2024 •

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Mulgrew's Unity UFT caucus uses its outsized power to change our trusted union election vendor, AAA, for a Wall Street holding company with…

After losing the retiree and para chapter elections, Mulgrew's Unity caucus uses its outsized power in leadership to change vendors for our UFT…

Dec 2, 2024 •

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URGENT CALL TO ACTION: SIGN THE 'CLASS SIZE MATTERS' PETITION CALLING FOR A REAL, MULTI-YEAR PLAN TO LOWER CLASS SIZE

Right now, DOE is proposing to exempt all overcrowded schools from ever having to provide smaller classes -- schools which enroll as many as half of all…

Dec 7, 2024 •

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