Faculty and support staff at several public and private higher education institutions across Connecticut are members of AFT Connecticut-affiliated unions. These educators hold a variety of positions in their institutions, ranging from full-time, part-time or adjunct faculty to research, clerical, administrative, security staff and more. Though each may have unique concerns and needs, they share goals of promoting academic and institutional excellence and securing the rights and respect they deserve as higher education professionals.
In 2022, several local chapters of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) joined our state federation’s labor family when their national union affiliated with AFT. Together, we work hand-in-hand to protect academic freedom on campuses and to unify the faculty voice for greater strength at the Connecticut General Assembly.
Click here to learn more about the “Higher Ed, Not Debt” campaign.
Click here for our national union’s campaign to unite contingent faculty, graduate and undergraduate workers.
Click here to learn more about AAUP’s affiliation with AAUP.
Higher Education News
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Leading the Drive to “Bring About a Renaissance”
Full recovery from the impact of the Great Recession has yet to be experienced broadly or equitably in all our state’s communities. Many schools – particularly in urban centers – still face funding shortfalls that weigh heavily on the workforce by depressing pay, degrading benefits and eroding job security. Our latest collective bargaining wins report…
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Leaning Into Organizing as Resistance
“The professors are the enemy” may have seemed like little more than a vulgar political slur, but in 2025, it underpins a destructive policy agenda. The hostile and threatening climate was top of mind for the hundreds of faculty and staff at our national union’s annual higher education conference. Leaders and activists from Connecticut traveled…
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Tapping the “Resources to Take the Federal Government On”
The White House has taken aim at higher education, withholding federal funding from institutions that won’t bend to its political pressure tactics. At the same time, the Trump Administration is sabotaging student debt relief, denying access to tools aimed at college access and affordability for those who might benefit most. Members of AFT Connecticut-affiliated unions…
