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A highly effective step
A highly effective step
by Trisha Arnold
UFT
Oct 23, 2018
Expecting paid parental leave: Working through illness to save days
Expecting paid parental leave: Working through illness to save days
Rachel Sookram, a prekindergarten teacher in Queens, saved every sick day she could while she was pregnant, hoarding them so she could use…
UFT
Apr 18, 2018
Expecting paid parental leave: When you’re an adoptive parent and ineligible for leave
Expecting paid parental leave: When you’re an adoptive parent and ineligible for leave
Sharon Levanoni, a guidance counselor at a Manhattan elementary school, knew the routine and so stockpiled her sick days after the birth of…
UFT
Apr 18, 2018
Expecting paid parental leave: When you’re a father and ineligible for time off
Expecting paid parental leave: When you’re a father and ineligible for time off
As a new dad, Thomas Stoppini, a social studies teacher in Brooklyn, was not eligible for parental leave after the birth of his daughter…
UFT
Apr 18, 2018
Expecting paid parental leave: When your baby is premature
Expecting paid parental leave: When your baby is premature
Bianca Johnson, a 7th-grade special ed teacher at a Bronx middle school, went off payroll to stay home and care for her daughter, who was…
UFT
Apr 18, 2018
Expecting paid parental leave: When your baby has a congenital defect
Expecting paid parental leave: When your baby has a congenital defect
Meredith Formica, a middle school teacher in Queens, was given devastating news just three days after her second child, Luca, was born. The…
UFT
Apr 18, 2018
Never again
Never again
by Jessica Stillman
UFT
Feb 28, 2018
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