Paraprofessionals Chapter Chair Priscilla Castro: “RESPECT isn’t optional – it’s essential.” #pararespect2025

✅Register for tonight's Paraprofessional Town Hall at 6 p.m. at uft.org/para-town-hall ✅Please sign and share this petition calling on the City Council to support the proposed legislation at actionnetwork.org/petitions/… ✅Learn more in our FAQs at uft.org/para-legislation-FAQ…

We need to address this injustice now. We are calling on all paraprofessionals to join the fight ahead to pass this ground-breaking legislation. Together, we can win! Here's how you can get involved:

Pattern bargaining, in which all city workers get the same percentage increases, has failed paraprofessionals. A 3% increase translates to a much higher dollar amount for higher-paid DOE employees than it does for us, so we fall farther and farther behind.

Wishing you and your family a Christmas that is merry and bright! 🎄🎅 ☃️

BREAKING: UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced a new health benefit for UFT members at today’s town hall: HSS Care Concierge. UFT members and their families can have guided access to Hospital for Special Surgery experts in orthopedics and rheumatology. @HSpecialSurgery

HAPPENING NOW: UFT President Michael Mulgrew is testifying in Albany at the final @RockefellerInst Foundation Aid Public hearing. Follow along if you want to see the UFT’s recommendations.🧵

The city has delayed our current negotiations on in-service health care for months, and it has become apparent that this administration isn't willing to continue this work in good faith. Any move by the city to try to put premiums on health coverage will result in an all-out war.

Lorraine Ferrannini, a UFT retiree liaison and coordinator for the union’s Retired Paraprofessional Support Line, accepts a Retiree Members of the Year Award from Ron Gross, 2nd vice president of @nysut, as NYSUT President Melinda Person (left) applauds her. #nysutra