AFT Connecticut
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CT's state federation of @aft.org w/34K+ #union members serving in PreK-12 #PublicEd, #HigherEd, healthcare & municipal + state government. Follow us for more on the benefits for all when working people choose #UnionYES!
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Spreading the #BetterInAUnion message; join fellow members resisting special interests trying to silence our voices & share your selfie today: aftct.org/the-union-di... #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
A powerful voice for healthcare professionals & a fierce advocate for our labor movement, this month’s Meet the Staff features #AFTCT’s VP! #StrengthInUnity @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A powerful voice for healthcare professionals & a fierce advocate for our labor movement, this month’s Meet the Staff features #AFTCT’s VP! #StrengthInUnity @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
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How are rising costs and shifting priorities reshaping community colleges? This @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social lesson helps students dig into the changing higher ed landscape.
📚 https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/trump-changes-community-colleges @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
📚 https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/trump-changes-community-colleges @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
How are rising costs and shifting priorities reshaping community colleges? This @pbsnewsclassroom.bsky.social lesson helps students dig into the changing higher ed landscape.
📚 https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/trump-changes-community-colleges @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
📚 https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/trump-changes-community-colleges @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
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50 years of civil rights for students with disabilities, and the urgency continues.
Heidy Goger shares why this moment matters for every educator.
Read the blog here: sharemylesson.com/blog/fierce-...
@aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social @marlau-k.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social
Heidy Goger shares why this moment matters for every educator.
Read the blog here: sharemylesson.com/blog/fierce-...
@aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social @marlau-k.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
50 years of civil rights for students with disabilities, and the urgency continues.
Heidy Goger shares why this moment matters for every educator.
Read the blog here: sharemylesson.com/blog/fierce-...
@aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social @marlau-k.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social
Heidy Goger shares why this moment matters for every educator.
Read the blog here: sharemylesson.com/blog/fierce-...
@aft.org @rweingarten.bsky.social @marlau-k.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social
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The Trump administration cut funding for a program helping students with disabilities advocate for themselves and plan their futures. In Fall ‘25 #AmericanEducator, learn the real cost of these cuts and how educators are fighting back: aft.org/ae/fall2025/jerome
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Trump administration cut funding for a program helping students with disabilities advocate for themselves and plan their futures. In Fall ‘25 #AmericanEducator, learn the real cost of these cuts and how educators are fighting back: aft.org/ae/fall2025/jerome
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I’m back with this week’s video update—sounding the alarm about attacks on public education, keeping up the fight to make life more affordable for families and more. Check it out ⬇️ m.youtube.com/shorts/pkSxa...
Randi's Report: Fighting for Our Future
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November 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m back with this week’s video update—sounding the alarm about attacks on public education, keeping up the fight to make life more affordable for families and more. Check it out ⬇️ m.youtube.com/shorts/pkSxa...
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We stand with UConn faculty as they fight for academic freedom and fair wages & benefits to retain staff! @AFTCT.bsky.social dailycampus.com/2025/11/18/l...
LTTE: Support UConn Faculty’s Reasonable Contract Demands
For months now, the UConn-AAUP negotiating team has made minimal progress at the bargaining table across from the UConn administration’s negotiators.
dailycampus.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
We stand with UConn faculty as they fight for academic freedom and fair wages & benefits to retain staff! @AFTCT.bsky.social dailycampus.com/2025/11/18/l...
"We are willing to fight for each and every worker being exploited by billionaires. We have no choice but to win. We are committed to elevate economic, racial and social justice for all working people.” #CTLabor25 @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Connecticut AFL-CIO says “stand up, fight back”
MASHANTUCKET, Conn.—The labor movement in Connecticut left fired up from the 16th Biennial Connecticut AFL-CIO convention, ready to “Stand Up, Fight Back” against the assault on unions and toward the ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"We are willing to fight for each and every worker being exploited by billionaires. We have no choice but to win. We are committed to elevate economic, racial and social justice for all working people.” #CTLabor25 @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
“It’s not inconceivable to me why they haven’t been more vocal; I just challenge the idea that people haven’t paid a price. I think faculty have paid a price, and students have paid a price.” #AcademicFreedom @yaleaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/11/21/as-yale-and-harvard-meet-treatment-by-trump-sets-them-apart/“It’s
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“It’s not inconceivable to me why they haven’t been more vocal; I just challenge the idea that people haven’t paid a price. I think faculty have paid a price, and students have paid a price.” #AcademicFreedom @yaleaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org
“We already lose, you know, something like 20 to 30% of new nurses within the first few years. We should be doing everything in our power to encourage more people to get into it and to stay into it.” #CodeREDCT @afthealthcare.bsky.social
Concerns about planned caps on federal student loans
Student debt in the country has been soaring. And now the Trump administration says it’s looking to help limit tuition increases by putting in new federal loan caps. The U.S. Education Department says...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“We already lose, you know, something like 20 to 30% of new nurses within the first few years. We should be doing everything in our power to encourage more people to get into it and to stay into it.” #CodeREDCT @afthealthcare.bsky.social
Locking in contractual gains that #RaiseTheWage & stabilize employee healthcare costs; last night district officials voted to adopt our #NorthBranfordTeachers’ recently ratified 3-yr collective bargaining agreement. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Locking in contractual gains that #RaiseTheWage & stabilize employee healthcare costs; last night district officials voted to adopt our #NorthBranfordTeachers’ recently ratified 3-yr collective bargaining agreement. #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @aflcio.org @ctaflcio.bsky.social
Get up & MOVE: Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower! Last night, members learned best practices to take our #union from #GoodToGreat. Look out for more ways to grow! #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Get up & MOVE: Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower! Last night, members learned best practices to take our #union from #GoodToGreat. Look out for more ways to grow! #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
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Do school voucher programs really increase academic achievement and opportunity? @joshcowenmi.bsky.social says no—and he has receipts. Learn why vouchers are “a failed strategy for educational opportunity” in the new #AmericanEducator: aft.org/ae/fall2025/cowen
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Do school voucher programs really increase academic achievement and opportunity? @joshcowenmi.bsky.social says no—and he has receipts. Learn why vouchers are “a failed strategy for educational opportunity” in the new #AmericanEducator: aft.org/ae/fall2025/cowen
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Concerned about autism misinformation? Get the science, not the spin.
Health experts explain what autism is, & isn’t, so educators can better support students & families.
🔗 sharemylesson.com/blog/autism-... @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @amandaeisenberg.bsky.social @aft.org
Health experts explain what autism is, & isn’t, so educators can better support students & families.
🔗 sharemylesson.com/blog/autism-... @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @amandaeisenberg.bsky.social @aft.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Concerned about autism misinformation? Get the science, not the spin.
Health experts explain what autism is, & isn’t, so educators can better support students & families.
🔗 sharemylesson.com/blog/autism-... @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @amandaeisenberg.bsky.social @aft.org
Health experts explain what autism is, & isn’t, so educators can better support students & families.
🔗 sharemylesson.com/blog/autism-... @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @amandaeisenberg.bsky.social @aft.org
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Our most recent AAUP TV episode breaks down AAUP v. Trump, a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to stifle free speech & academic freedom across the University of California system.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
What the Victory in AAUP v. Trump means for the UC System and Higher Education
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November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Our most recent AAUP TV episode breaks down AAUP v. Trump, a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to stifle free speech & academic freedom across the University of California system.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
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America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
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I love this. Students know best what they need to thrive - and with students and educators working together, we can shape safe, welcoming, and engaging schools that lift communities and create opportunity. @AFTCT.bsky.social www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/11/19/h...
High School Interns Train With Teachers Union - New Haven Independent
As NHFT takes on first non-college student interns.
www.newhavenindependent.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I love this. Students know best what they need to thrive - and with students and educators working together, we can shape safe, welcoming, and engaging schools that lift communities and create opportunity. @AFTCT.bsky.social www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/11/19/h...
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This is fucking ridiculous 🤬
They’ve also decided numerous degrees are no longer considered “Professional” degrees — like a Nursing Degree for example. Amongst many others. [sigh] 😮💨
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is fucking ridiculous 🤬
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FYI at our most recent bargaining session UConn *still* had no response to our paid leave proposal. April 7 —> Nov 18 = 32 wks. If our proposal were a baby it would be the size of a papaya 🥭
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“Hird said while some faculty have six months of medical leave available to them, it does not include healthy post-partum mothers, fathers, non-birthing mothers & adoptive parents that are not experiencing a qualifying medical condition.”
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#nutmegsky
“Hird said while some faculty have six months of medical leave available to them, it does not include healthy post-partum mothers, fathers, non-birthing mothers & adoptive parents that are not experiencing a qualifying medical condition.”
dailycampus.com/2025/11/10/u...
#nutmegsky
UConn faculty paid family leave debate continues in CT Mirror Op Ed pages
University of Connecticut faculty have expressed their frustration with university administrations over paid family leave policies.
dailycampus.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
FYI at our most recent bargaining session UConn *still* had no response to our paid leave proposal. April 7 —> Nov 18 = 32 wks. If our proposal were a baby it would be the size of a papaya 🥭
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Thrilled to be chairing panel with @kimkelly.bsky.social, Sofia Cutler, and Justin Akers Chacon on labor and the challenge of far right tomorrow at ASA. Hope to see you there!
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Thrilled to be chairing panel with @kimkelly.bsky.social, Sofia Cutler, and Justin Akers Chacon on labor and the challenge of far right tomorrow at ASA. Hope to see you there!
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More people than ever believe democracy is in crisis—evident in increased division, polarization & social detachment.
But can public schools help renew democracy? In American Educator, Peter W. Cookson Jr. explains how to create high-quality schools of social solidarity.
www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...
But can public schools help renew democracy? In American Educator, Peter W. Cookson Jr. explains how to create high-quality schools of social solidarity.
www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...
Social Solidarity
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November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
More people than ever believe democracy is in crisis—evident in increased division, polarization & social detachment.
But can public schools help renew democracy? In American Educator, Peter W. Cookson Jr. explains how to create high-quality schools of social solidarity.
www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...
But can public schools help renew democracy? In American Educator, Peter W. Cookson Jr. explains how to create high-quality schools of social solidarity.
www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...
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Great news: The bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support with 218 signatures! This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to help restore union rights to the more than 1 million federal workers. Call your reps NOW!
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Great news: The bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support with 218 signatures! This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to help restore union rights to the more than 1 million federal workers. Call your reps NOW!
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
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We may not perfectly protect kids online, but at least we try. We don’t show that same commitment when it comes to gun violence — the number one cause of death for children and teens in America. And we know it’s preventable, with proven ways to reduce it. #BooksNotBullets
projectlockdown.org
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November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We may not perfectly protect kids online, but at least we try. We don’t show that same commitment when it comes to gun violence — the number one cause of death for children and teens in America. And we know it’s preventable, with proven ways to reduce it. #BooksNotBullets
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“The “teacher shortage” is far more akin to a famine than to a drought, as it stems largely (though unintentionally) from policy and budgetary choices that have been made over the decades by elected officials.” #FundOurFutureCT @csuaaup.bsky.social
Opinion: Keeping teaching a worthy profession
The “teacher shortage” is fueled not by lower numbers of individuals entering the field, but by rapidly growing numbers of educators leaving it.
ctmirror.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“The “teacher shortage” is far more akin to a famine than to a drought, as it stems largely (though unintentionally) from policy and budgetary choices that have been made over the decades by elected officials.” #FundOurFutureCT @csuaaup.bsky.social
Skills for empowering students to participate in making class run smoothly! #PublicEd professionals are invited to be part of the next session of one of our most popular #EduPD courses: aftct.org/event/managi... #StrengthInUnity @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Skills for empowering students to participate in making class run smoothly! #PublicEd professionals are invited to be part of the next session of one of our most popular #EduPD courses: aftct.org/event/managi... #StrengthInUnity @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social
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WILL IS FREE FROM ICE!
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
Korean American detainee freed
The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium announced on its Facebook page that Tae Heung “Will” Kim has been freed.
nwasianweekly.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WILL IS FREE FROM ICE!
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social
After months in detention, Tae Heung "Will" Kim, a scientist at Texas A&M developing a vaccine to treat Lyme disease & longtime US permanent resident, has been released!
Our movement to defend higher ed means protecting higher ed workers from ICE.
@texasaaup.bsky.social