Women's Rights Committee
The UFT's Women's Rights Committee seeks to to promote women's involvement and role in the labor movement, women's history, and women's rights here and abroad. To that end, the committee hosts two programs annually, including a workshop in March in honor of Women's History Month. In the past, we have collaborated at our events with the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and the union's Jewish Heritage Committee; we look forward to continuing our partnerships with them and to finding additional new partners who share our interests and aims.
Topics discussed at our workshops have included women in the labor movement, women in the workplace, nontraditional employment for women, pay equity, sexual harassment, and other topics of interest or concern to our members. Prominent past speakers have included New York Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and CLUW's executive director, Gloria Johnson.
We have also organized trips to Seneca Falls, New York, arguably the birthplace of the modern women's rights movement.
The committee engages in an ongoing recruitment process involving new teachers, regular teachers, support staff, retirees, and other trade unionists who can offer their experience and expertise in the area of women's rights. Non-UFTers, including university employees and members of unions affiliated with the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, NYSUT, or AFT may serve as associate members.
To enroll as a member of the committee, complete the enrollment form.
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HERstory, a Celebration of Women in the UFT
HERstory celebrated the stories of the scores of women, past and present, who have helped build the UFT into the powerhouse it is today, at a Sunday brunch on March 25 at union headquarters in Manhattan.
Bronx paraprofessionals add their voices to the story circle at HERstory, honoring the women who have helped make the UFT strong.
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UFT sisters from every borough joined in celebration of their stories and those of their founding sisters.
Paraprofessionals (from left) Margo Braxton of PS 36 in Manhattan and Sharon Anderson of PS 111 and Maria Francisco of MS 287, both in the Bronx, are ready to enjoy their brunch.
Some of the 100 participants applaud the work of the committee that organized the event.
Teacher Raquel Duenas (left) of JHS 265 in Fort Green, Brooklyn, and UFT staffer Lindsay Levine relax in the Pampering Room under the skilled massage techniques of Queens Vocational HS students Stephanie (left) and Jessy.
Enjoying themselves is the contingent from MS 35 in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, (from left) teacher Laurette Teford, guidance counselor Esther Smith, paraprofessional Marie Pelzer and school associate Patrice Scott.
Showing off the latest in T-shirts are members and staffers from Staten Island, plus paraprofessional Althea Morris (center, back) of PS 469 in the Bronx. The others are (from left), Tanisha Frank, the UFT education liaison; Novlet Golding, the para representative from PS 57; teacher Eunice Isaacs and para Morgen Dory of PS 57; and Borough Representative Analia Gerard.
Susan Perez-Gonzales, the UFT's environmental health and safety liaison for the Bronx, addresses the gathering, including event co-coordinators UFT Vice President for Elementary Schools Karen Alford (seated, front right) and UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds (seated, front left).
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