Choose from the menu below to select local, state and national union-related news media clips by division. Opinion pieces, regardless of the relevant membership constituency, are listed separately.
Public Employees & Higher Education News
September 16, 2025
Yale Daily News: City public schools’ budget remains incomplete four weeks into school year
September 11, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): American Federation of Teachers president visits Truman School in New Haven
New Haven Independent: AFT Prez Plays Musical Chairs
September 10, 2025
Nancy on Norwalk: Barbara Smyth Celebrates Narrow Primary Victory at Packed Watch Party
Associated Press: Teachers sue over Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home
The Hour: In close race, Barbara Smyth wins Democratic mayoral primary in Norwalk over Darlene Young
The Day: Snubbed New London city councilor secures place on general election ballot
Yale Daily News: Theodore’s victory breaks from unions’ hold on city politics
September 9, 2025
Yale Daily News: New Haven high schools usher in new school year without cell phones
Nancy on Norwalk: Barbara Smyth Wins Democratic Primary for Norwalk Mayor
Fortune Magazine: Target was hoping for a back-to-school sales bump that never game. Foot traffic is still down for the 7th month in a row
September 8, 2025
New Haven Independent: City Salutes Phone-Free High Schools
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): New Haven high schools roll out new cell phone policy
New Haven, CT Patch: New Haven Schools’ Cell Phone-Free Policy For All District High Schools Celebrated Monday
Retail Brew: Target sees seventh straight month of foot-traffic declines
Patch: ‘No Kings, No Billionaires’ Protest Planned For Marin County
September 6, 2025
The Courant: CT education department cites local district for underfunding some schools. Gap now substantial.
Nancy on Norwalk: Primary Day in Norwalk: Democrats Choose Mayoral Nominee
September 3, 2025
News 9: I took the Prageru ‘America first Teacher Assessment; Here’s what happened
K12Dive: Immigration enforcement causing trauma and school avoidance, educators and advocates say
CT Mirror: How are CT schools funded? What to know about the ECS formula
September 2, 2025
Peoples World: Labor Day marchers take the streets coast to coast
CT Mirror: Early voting opens for scattered municipal primaries
Yale Dailey News: Immigration activists keep pressure on Avelo over ICE contract
September 1, 2025
Greater New Haven Arts Council: A “Hero of the Classroom” Gets A Moment In The Spotlight
New Haven Independent: 3 Yalies Make Pre-Primary Closing Pitch
August 30, 2025
The Courant: CT teen taken by ICE to be released. Teachers are ‘relieved but furious’
NBC Connecticut (video): New Haven community rallies ahead of student’s bond release from ICE detention
August 29, 2025
New Haven Independent: City, Cross Prepare To Welcome Esdrás Home
CT News Junkie: Labor Leaders, Elected Officials Denounce Latest Trump Attacks On Federal Unions
August 27, 2025
Fox 61 (with video): New Haven Public Schools short dozens of teachers to start 2025-2026 school year
August 26, 2025
CT News Junkie: Panel Urges Action On School Funding In CT
New Haven Independent: NHPS Hires New Asst. Superintendent
Education Week: AI Is Changing Teaching, But Few Labor Contracts Reflect It
August 23, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven Public Schools has nearly 90 teacher vacancies heading into 2025-26 school year
August 22, 2025
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Connecticut teachers and union leaders urging governor and lawmakers to fund education
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): State leaders support bill that would give tax credits to educators
August 21, 2025
Reuters: US labor, advocacy groups urge states to reject Tesla’s $29 billion Musk pay
August 19, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): New Hartford superintendent addresses school board for the 1st time
CBS News – CBS Mornings (with video): How AI is changing the work of teachers in the classroom
August 18, 2025
The Courant: New CT school leader on mission to change trajectory of young people’s future
CT Insider: Many CT teachers say they pay out-of-pocket for classroom school supplies: ‘It all falls on the teacher’
Public Employees & Higher Education News
September 17, 2025
The CT Mirror: CT slashes more debt – but not from pensions
September 16, 2025
Courthouse News Service: Labor groups sue Trump admin over University of California funding threats
CNBC: Student loan borrowers may face ‘enormous tax liability’ amid Trump administration delays: union
Bloomberg News: Charlie Kirk’s Killing Stirs Up New Funding Threats for Colleges
September 15, 2025
Forbes Magazine: IDR Processing Speeds Up, Backlog Still Over A Million
September 11, 2025
The Guardian: The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism
September 10, 2025
The Oakland Post: Concerns arise as universities across the U.S. face new risks under Trump administration
September 9, 2025
New Haven Independent: Theodore, Hubbard, Moore Win Primaries
September 8, 2025
New Haven Independent: Who’s On The Primary Ballot?
CT Insider: UConn hires firm for up to $400K to review structure amid major budget concerns
September 5, 2025
Daily Campus: Graduate Union at UConn sends bargaining survey to members
September 2, 2025
The Courant: Report: CT has slashed deeply into hefty pension debt
August 26, 2025
Diverse Education: Texas A&M Doctoral Student Remains in ICE Detention as Immigration Crackdown Spreads Fear Across Campuses
August 25, 2025
The Christian Science Monitor: The US used to be a haven for research. Now, scientists are packing their bags.
August 23, 2025
The Guardian: ‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault
August 20, 2025
The Hechinger Report: A ‘Great Defection’ threatens to empty universities and colleges of top teaching talent
The New York Times: Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
August 19, 2025
Inside Higher Ed: ‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’
August 18, 2025
Bloomberg Law – Daily Labor Report: Unions ‘Wait and See’ on Elections as Trump Upends Labor Arena
UPI: DOE announces student loan forgiveness program rule change
September 15, 2025
The Day: Weapons detection system now in place at L+M Hospital
September 5, 2025
Darien Times: Unions vow to fight for-profit firms eyeing CT hospitals owned by bankrupt Prospect
The Day: L+M Hospital putting stop to valet parking service
August 20, 2025
CT Insider: Murphy’s report details conditions inside Prospect’s three CT hospitals. ‘It was terrible’
September 17, 2025
CT Insider – Column: UConn Health to bid on Waterbury Hospital as it moves to create a public health system
September 16, 2025
The New Republic – Commentary: What’s Really Behind the Right-Wing Attack on Public School Teachers
September 2, 2025
CT Insider: Editorial (opinion): Teachers shouldn’t be paying for basic classroom needs
September 1, 2025
The Daily Beans: The Sooknanan Monologue (Audio): Interview with Randi Weingarten
You Tube: Labor Day Live with The Contrarian (Video)
August 29, 2025
CT Mirror – Opinion: This Labor Day, let’s honor workers by actually listening to them
August 27, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: CT’s working students and their educators need immediate action
August 26, 2025
The Hill – Opinion: To fight antisemitism in schools, help teachers, don’t blame them
