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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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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Calling for a Renewed Commitment to the Common Good
Long before the White House began slashing federal resources, decades of disinvestment in Connecticut’s public higher education had already undermined student learning opportunities. In a recently published op-ed, the president of our AFT Connecticut-affiliated UConn-AAUP (in photo, above) urged the governor to step up now and fill the rapidly worsening gap. English Professor Chris Vials…
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Opening Pathways for a Debt-Free Future
For months, union members have been advocating for a legislative proposal to expand tuition-free access for students seeking higher education learning opportunities. In a recently published op-ed, AFT Connecticut-affiliated CSU-AAUP President Louise Williams (speaking, in photo above) called on lawmakers to embrace the initiative. She urged support for a bill to extend the popular Mary…
