Salaries. As of January 2025, the starting salary for new teachers with a bachelor's degree and no teaching experience is $66,733 and $75,017 for those with a master's degree. Salaries are unique for each teacher depending on their educational background and experience.
State law requires DOE to submit a contract for excellence for the 2024-2025 school year. The contract for excellence provides information on how certain State aid will be used for designated activities that are designed to improve student achievement, with a focus on students with the greatest educational need.
All UFT-represented employees who worked full-time during the 12 months leading up to April 1, 2024, and were on payroll that day are receiving $400 as a supplemental check in their bank account. Supplemental checks always take time to post, and the amount of time is different depending on the person's bank.
Now, in March 2024, we see that the average merit increase that was delivered was 3.3%, with 3.6% total increases reported across the more than 1,000 participating organizations. While still higher than before the pandemic, and above inflation, increases are continuing to trend downward.
On Monday, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) ratified a five-year contract covering nearly 200,000 public school workers across New York City. The contract, which will last until November 2027, went into effect immediately and is retroactive to September 2022 when the previous contract expired.
Yearly automatic increases. Annual retention bonuses (including a prorated retention bonus during your first year)
Section 7 of the NLRA states that: “Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or ...
The kinds of terms and conditions covered by a collective agreement typically include wages and benefits, as well as terms and conditions of employment that relate to e.g., job postings; obligations and responsibilities of the employer, the employee and the union; and a dispute resolution process (usually a grievance ...