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 1, 2026
The Courant: CEA: CT schools starting year with 300 fewer teachers. ‘Not able to fully fund everything a child deserves’
August 31, 2026
NBC Connecticut News (with video): New Haven officials say schools are safe as alders seek inspections
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): New Haven students return to class as building safety concerns raised
August 28, 2026
MS Now (with video): ‘We are not powerless’: Teachers union president makes a case for voting
August 27, 2026
New Haven Independent: Schools OK $656k Math Curriculum
The CT Mirror: Ryan Fazio: All CT students should attend schools they choose
August 25, 2026
New Haven Independent: Broken Sprinkler Damages Bassett Library, Lab, Classes
The Courant: New laws will impact CT schools this year. What to know
August 18, 2026
New Haven Independent: Disabled Retired Teacher’s Health Insurance Delayed by “Miscommunication”
August 17, 2026
Public News Service (with audio): CT lawmakers support bill ending federal school voucher program
August 16, 2026
Politico: ‘Profoundly cruel’: Errors upend student loan forgiveness program
August 12, 2026
Journal-Inquirer: Harris concedes to Parkinson in Democratic primary in CT’s open 10th House District seat
CT News Junkie: CT Working Families Party Celebrates Sweep In General Assembly Races: ‘This Wasn’t Luck’
August 7, 2026
The Courant: CT undecided on Trump’s ‘education freedom’ tax credit. Advocates differ on who might benefit
New Haven Independent: As School Year’s Start Draws Near, DeLauro Pitches Expanded Child Tax Credit
August 5, 2026
New Haven Independent: Teachers Union Endorses Moore
The Guardian: Teachers need help with AI. A union is offering training – with $23m in funding from big tech
August 4, 2026
New Haven Independent: New NHPS Admin Roles Detailed, Debated
August 3, 2026
CT Insider: Most K-12 Connecticut students could qualify for new scholarships if state opts in to Trump program
Public Employees & Higher Education News
August 28, 2026
The CT Mirror: Union benefits package looms large over CT campaigns
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Union Agitator
August 27, 2026
Inside Higher Ed: DOD Demands 30 American Universities Audit Foreign Partnerships
August 24, 2026
Associated Press: 3-year college degrees grow more popular in the US, saving time and cash. But critics aren’t sold
August 14, 2026
CT Insider: Lamont, Fazio face tough questions from state employee unions in CT’s governor race
Yale Daily News: Billboards along I-95 join chorus urging Yale not to settle with Trump
August 13, 2026
The CT Mirror: CT worker unions to test gubernatorial contenders on key issues
August 11, 2026
Business Insider: Trump’s student-loan repayment overhaul faces a new lawsuit from the biggest public service and healthcare unions
The CT Mirror: Doug McCrory loses Democratic primary for CT 2nd Senate District
New Haven Independent: Challengers’ Night: Bermudez Defeats Moore, Sabin Defeats Dillon In State Rep Primaries
August 7, 2026
The CT Mirror: Lamont sticks to a fiscal discipline not always applauded by labor
Higher Ed Dive: The Heritage Foundation releases sweeping model bill to overhaul higher ed
August 4, 2026
University Business: If a three-year degree is controversial, what about a nine-month one?
August 25, 2026
The Day: L+M unions picket amid stalled contract negotiations
Connecticut Public (with audio): Healthcare workers urge Yale’s L+M Hospital to raise ‘unlivable’ wages, cut mandatory on-call
August 24, 2026
The CT Mirror: Lawrence+Memorial Hospital staff seek better conditions, higher pay
CT Insider: Nurses at CT hospital say they’re burning out because of increased workload. ‘A lot of people just retire.’
August 16, 2026
The Courant: In CT emergency departments, patients may wait hours for a hospital bed. Lawmaker: ‘Unsafe and unacceptable’
August 5, 2026
The Courant – Opinion: The urgent imperative to fully fund CT’s only public academic medical center
August 3, 2026
The Courant: Healthcare workers in CT say they face assault and abuse. ‘Emotional trauma and physical trauma,’: lawmaker
August 27, 2026
Critical Noise – History of the Present Journal: Tragedy at Vanderbilt
August 26, 2026
The Chronicle – Letter to the Editor: Bring Back the Hill Burton Act
August 20, 2026
Inside Higher Ed – Opinion: Who Really Politicized Higher Education?
August 9, 2026
The Hill – Opinion: A new playbook for controlling universities
August 3, 2026
Between the Lines – Counterpoint (with audio): Yale University President Surrenders to Trump Regime Demands
