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
December 9, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven teachers are advocating for affordable health care, higher wages in new contract
The Courant: CT meets milestone in desegregation settlement. Why educators say disparity persists
December 7, 2025
WTNH Channel 8 News (video): New Haven teachers push for higher wages, affordable health care amid contract negotiations
December 5, 2025
New Haven Independent: As Negotiations Wrap Up, Teachers Union & NHPS Eye New Contract
December 3, 2025
Yale Daily News: For closed school’s former teachers, new year has posed challenges
November 25, 2025
The Courant: Some CT schools are finding ways to bring kids back to class. It comes amid chronic absentee rates
The New York Times: School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
November 24, 2025
The Washington Post: Trump wants to ‘return education to the states.’ Is that what he’s doing?
November 21, 2025
Common Dreams: ‘The Main Course Is Inflation’: Thanksgiving Costs Surge Under Trump
November 20, 2025
People’s World: Connecticut AFL-CIO says “stand up, fight back”
November 19, 2025
New Haven Independent: High School Interns Train With Teachers Union
November 18, 2025
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Board of Education to Hold Nov. 19 Town Hall on FY 2026–27 School Budget
Reuters: Trump administration announces steps in dismantling Education Department
November 15, 2025
The News-Times: Newtown teachers contract OK’d with pay raises over 3 years
November 14, 2025
The Hour: Norwalk schools saw exodus of over 200 staff members last school year
The Guardian: ‘Red cup rebellion’: striking Starbucks baristas urge customers to stay away
November 13, 2025
New Haven Independent: Leak Temporarily Displaces Cross Class
November 12, 2025
Voices: Newtown Legislative Council Approves New BOE and Newtown Federation of Teachers Contract
Chalkbeat: These teachers survived school shootings. Now they’re offering support to others.
NBC Connecticut (video): New Haven Public Schools sees improvements in chronic absenteeism since 2021
CT Insider: ‘We have a lot of work to do’: Hawthorne re-elected as president of CT AFL-CIO labor federation
November 11, 2025
Citizen Portal: New Haven teachers press board for contract protections and clearer health-insurance data
Yale Daily News: Schools’ facilities spending far less than regional average, report finds
November 10, 2025
New Haven Independent: Striking Teachers Teach A Lesson By Making An Archive
Public Employees & Higher Education News
December 5, 2025
CT Insider: CT court workers get 2.5% raise, step hike through arbitration
December 3, 2025
CT News Junkie: Costumed Protesters Demand Academic Freedom Protections At UConn
CT Mirror: 3 CT state employee unions to get pay hikes worth 4.5%
December 2, 2025
The Daily Campus: Activists wear inflatable costumes to protest UConn’s handling of academic freedom
December 1, 2025
The Day: UConn faculty protest for academic freedom, speech
November 26, 2025
Forbes Magazine: Student Loan Forgiveness Is Back As Education Department Resumes Processing
November 21, 2025
Yale Daily News: As Yale and Harvard meet, treatment by Trump sets them apart
November 18, 2025
The Edu Ledger: AAUP Report Warns of Growing Legislative Threats to Faculty Governance Nationwide
November 17, 2025
The Daily Campus: UConn continues review of small programs
November 13, 2025
CT Insider: CT community colleges ‘stretched to the breaking point’ without enough funding, students and staff say
November 11, 2025
The Wesleyan Argus: AAUP Rallies Students, Faculty, and Community Members Against Trump Attacks on Academia
November 10, 2025
The Daily Campus: UConn faculty paid family leave debate continues in CT Mirror Op Ed pages
November 9, 2025
CT Mirror: UConn grapples with the legacy of a CT institution for the disabled
December 5, 2025
CT Insider: CT hospital partners with ‘gig’ nursing program, sparking concern from union
November 21, 2025
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Concerns about planned caps on federal student loans
November 18, 2025
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Hartford HealthCare seeks state approval to buy Manchester, Rockville hospitals
November17, 2025
Law360: UConn Health Poised To Buy Hospital In $35M Ch. 11 Deal
November 15, 2025
The Courant: UConn’s buying a CT hospital. Here’s what it plans to do with it.
November 13, 2025
WTNH News Channel 8: Connecticut Senate approves UConn Health’s proposal to acquire Waterbury Hospital, sends bill to Lamont’s desk
WTNH News Channel 8: Connecticut House passes bill for UConn Health to acquire three new hospitals
CT Mirror: House OKs bills to buy Waterbury Hospital, curb ICE activities
November 12, 2025
Newsweek: UConn Health Submits Bid to Take Over Waterbury Hospital
November 11, 2025
The CT Mirror: CT officials, hospital staff celebrate UConn takeover of Waterbury Hospital
November 8, 2025
The Courant: A $13 million bid is in to purchase Prospect Medical Holdings’ Waterbury Hospital. UConn wants it.
December 2, 2025
People’s World – Opinion: Target boycott is showing the power of Black-labor unity
November 26, 2025
New Haven Independent – Opinion: Wanted: High-Quality, Affordable Health Insurance For Teachers
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Academic freedom should extend to UConn graduate assistants
Forward – Letter to the Editor: Jewish leaders must work with educators to battle antisemitism — not demonize us
November 19, 2025
ABC News (video): How do teachers feel about new plans to dismantle the Education Department?
MS Now (video): Trump admin shifts Department of Education’s responsibilities to other agencies
November 18, 2025
CT Mirror: Opinion: Keeping teaching a worthy profession
The Daily Campus: LTTE: Support UConn Faculty’s Reasonable Contract Demands
November 17, 2025
The Washington Post: Americans can do better by veterans. Here’s how.
November 9, 2025
Medias Touch (audio): Meidas Health: Dr. Gupta’s Deep Dive with AFT President Randi Weingarten (Interview with Randi)
