The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, handily won a sixth consecutive three-year term as head of the 200,000-member union, this time beating two challengers.
Mulgrew and the Unity Caucus candidates received 54 percent of the vote, while Amy Arundell, of the A Better Contract Caucus, polled 32 percent of ballots and Olivia Swisher, of ARISE Caucus, trailed in third with 14 percent, according to results posted on the UFT’s website.
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