New Action website

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New Action/UFT is the oldest opposition caucus in the United Federation of Teachers, New York City’s teachers’ union.

Do clever leaders make strong unions?
Or do strong unions generate good leadership?

New Action/UFT is the only caucus that is focused on organizing, on reorganizing our union, expressly by organizing our chapters. Our chapters are our natural strength, and it is primarily strong chapters that will earn us a good contract, and good contract enforcement.

Both of the other caucuses concentrate on the personality traits of the candidates: clever, stalwart, honest… This reflects a misunderstanding. A strong union produces strong leaders much more readily than the other way around.