AFT Connecticut represents PreK-12 educators in local, regional and state districts across Connecticut, as well as private and charter management organization (CMO)-operated schools. Our members are proponents for fully-funding traditional neighborhood schools, holding the boards overseeing magnets and CMOs accountable, and engaging lawmakers to support quality student learning. From contract negotiations to educator evaluations to teachers’ pensions, our state federation is committed to uphold members’ rights and support their collective efforts aimed at serving Connecticut’s youth.
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Teachers News
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Speaking Out for the Resources to Protect Communities
The purpose of the federal Department of Education (DOE) is to level the playing field and close opportunity gaps for students across the country. In a recent letter to the editor, Meriden Federation of Teachers President Lauren Mancini-Averitt (speaking in photo, above) shared why dismantling the agency will harm local communities like hers. She made…
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Laying the Groundwork for “Showing Up Stronger”
“Strength in numbers” is a central principle of our labor movement because it is consistently proven true in the workplace and at the negotiating table. Leaders of an AFT Connecticut-affiliated local paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) union realized its promise with a landmark agreement secured after nearly doubling the size of their membership. Unprecedented gains…
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Protecting Communities that Depend on Us
In the first four months of the Trump Administration, communities across the state and nation have suffered unprecedented cuts to vital publicly-funded services. In a recent post for our national union’s Medium blog, Brian Grindrod (middle, in photo above), a member of our AFT Connecticut-affiliated New Haven Federation of Teachers, told the story of a…
