UFT President Michael Mulgrew, UFT officers, educators and elected officials called on City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to schedule a public hearing on the proposed "Paraprofessional RESPECT" bill at a press conference last Friday. #RESPECT4Paras #RESPECTforParaprofessionals

Our UFT paraprofessionals go above and beyond every day, and it shows. #Respect4Paras www.uft.org/get-involved...

Money, power and ‘RESPECT’ Chants of “Para power!” and “Para strong, all day long!” could be heard from blocks away as more than 1,600 paraprofessionals and fellow UFT members came together from across the city on April 2 to ca...

More than 1,600 paraprofessionals and fellow UFT members came together from across the city on April 2 to call on the New York City Council to pass legislation to give paraprofessionals an annual “RESPECT check” of $10,000. #Respect4paras www.uft.org/news/news-st...

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"If a strike to defend the right to public education is not “appropriate” now when the very existence of public education and democracy is at stake then it never will be." #Respect4Paras #ParaRespect2025 #UFT #AFT #teachers #educators #schools #parents #students #NEA www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Solidarity in blue lining Broadway showing #RESPECT4Paras. Pass the RESPECT Check bill. NYC school children depend on their paraprofessionals. Fix the 💰! @uftnyc.bsky.social

Say what? Put some RESPECT on the paraprofessionals' check. Fair is fair. #RESPECT4Paras! They are are essential!

@uftnyc.bsky.social is live at City Hall Park standing up for paraprofessionals. Paraprofessionals are out in force demanding more money 💰. #RESPECT4Paras Respect is not optional, it's ESSENTIAL!